Verse 12

The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels will be a mina for you.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 30:13 : 13 Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary(a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the LORD.
  • Lev 27:25 : 25 Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs to the shekel.
  • Num 3:47 : 47 collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel(this shekel is twenty gerahs).