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Exodus 38:24 (Listen)

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,1 by gthe shekel of the sanctuary.

Footnotes

[1] 38:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Leviticus 5:15 (Listen)

15 u“If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, vhe shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued1 in silver shekels,2 according to the wshekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.

Footnotes

[1] 5:15 Or flock, or its equivalent
[2] 5:15 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Leviticus 27:3 (Listen)

then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels1 of silver, according to the pshekel of the sanctuary.

Footnotes

[1] 27:3 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams

Leviticus 27:25 (Listen)

25 Every valuation shall be according to cthe shekel of the sanctuary: dtwenty gerahs1 shall make a shekel.

Footnotes

[1] 27:25 A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram