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Leviticus 27

Lev. 27:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And all thy estimations
`erek (Hebrew #6187)
a pile, equipment, estimate
KJV usage: equal, estimation, (things that are set in) order, price, proportion, X set at, suit, taxation, X valuest.
Pronounce: eh'rek
Origin: from 6186
shall be according to the shekel
sheqel (Hebrew #8255)
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV usage: shekel.
Pronounce: sheh'-kel
Origin: from 8254
of the sanctuary
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
: twenty
`esriym (Hebrew #6242)
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
KJV usage: (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
Pronounce: es-reem'
Origin: from 6235
gerahs
gerah (Hebrew #1626)
properly, (like 1620) a kernel (round as if scraped), i.e. a gerah or small weight (and coin)
KJV usage: gerah.
Pronounce: gay-raw'
Origin: from 1641 (as in 1625)
shall be the shekel
sheqel (Hebrew #8255)
probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
KJV usage: shekel.
Pronounce: sheh'-kel
Origin: from 8254
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Gerah,
Sanctuary,
Shekel

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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And all.
Lev. 27:3• 3And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old: even thy valuation shall be sixty shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary. (Lev. 27:3)
to the shekel.A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.twenty.
Ex. 30:13• 13This shall they give—every one that passeth among them that are numbered—half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, —twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah. (Ex. 30:13)
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Num. 3:47• 47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, —twenty gerahs the shekel; (Num. 3:47)
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Num. 18:16• 16And those that are to be ransomed from a month old shalt thou ransom, according to thy valuation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. (Num. 18:16)
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Ezek. 45:12• 12And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. (Ezek. 45:12)
• Israel might desire to purchase by what coin was most convenient in their dealings with the nations. But as in relation to the temple service and their redemption price, so here they must make their payments “according to the shekel of the sanctuary.” (“Leviticus 27:16-25, The Devoted Field Sanctified to Jehovah” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.

W. Kelly Translation

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And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.