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Gerah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

One twentieth of a shekel; about 3 cents

(Ex. 30:13¹³This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. (Exodus 30:13)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

one twentieth of a shekel