Shekel used to Weigh: Gold
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Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
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Numbers 7:14,20-86
One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
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Joshua 7:21
When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it.
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1 Kings 10:16
And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
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Daniel
... ii.18, 19, and once "heaven" is used, as in ... as equivalent to "a mina (=60 shekels),
a shekel and a ... More probably it simply means "number, weigh, divide""the ...
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Chaldaean Civilization
... of the spoil for some consisted of cattle, gold, corn, a ... mit, til, ziz; as an ideogram
it was used for a ... One girl would be valued at a silver shekel by weight ...
/.../chapter iiichaldaean civilization.htm

The Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
... So, in the venerable translation of the holy oracles, there are some objectionable
expressions, which, although formerly used in the politest company, now ...
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Resources
What was the sanctuary shekel? | GotQuestions.org

What are the modern equivalents of biblical weights and measures? | GotQuestions.org

How many times did Jesus cleanse the temple? Why did He cleanse the temple? | GotQuestions.org

Shekel: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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