Exodus 30:13
13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel ▼
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A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
according to the b shekel of the sanctuary (the c shekel is twenty gerahs),
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A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
e half a shekel as an offering to the Lord.
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