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Comments: Coins in the Bible. Old Jerusalem, 28 Via Dolorosa, Coins at Khader Baidun Beydon's store.

 

From Easton: Before the Exile the Jews had no regularly stamped money. They made use of uncoined shekels or talents of silver, which they weighed out (Genesis 23:16; Exodus 38:24; 2 Samuel 18:12). Probably the silver ingots used in the time of Abraham may have been of a fixed weight, which was in some way indicated on them. The "pieces of silver" paid by Abimelech to Abraham (Genesis 20:16), and those also for which Joseph was sold (37:28), were proably in the form of rings. The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the Captivity. Only once is a shekel of gold mentioned (1 Chronicles 21:25). The "six thousand of gold" mentioned in the transaction between Naaman and Gehazi (2 Kings 5:5) were probably so many shekels of gold. The "piece of money" mentioned in Job 42:11; Genesis 33:19 (marg., "lambs") was the Hebrew _kesitah_, probably an uncoined piece of silver of a certain weight in the form of a sheep or lamb, or perhaps having on it such an impression. The same Hebrew word is used in Joshua 24:32, which is rendered by Wickliffe "an hundred yonge scheep."

Verses:

  • Matthew 5:26
  • Matthew 10:29
  • Matthew 17:24
  • Matthew 17:27
  • Matthew 22:19
  • Mark 6:8
  • Mark 12:42
  • Luke 9:3
  • Luke 12:6
  • Luke 12:59
  • Luke 15:8
  • Luke 15:9
  • Luke 19:13
  • Luke 21:2
  • John 2:15
  • Acts 19:19
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​c/coin.html. 2024.
 
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