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Exodus 30:13 (Listen)

13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel1 according to the wshekel of the sanctuary (the xshekel is twenty gerahs),2 yhalf a shekel as an offering to the Lord.

Footnotes

[1] 30:13 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
[2] 30:13 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram