If the Ishmaelite nose-rings were half a shekel in weight, then 1,700 shekels weight of gold implied that 3,400 persons wearing gold rings had been…

A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. —This was about seventy pounds of gold. This amount would imply a very large number …

He did not set up an idol, but he made an ephod, an imitation of that wonderful vestment worn by the high priest. Perhaps he made it of solid gold,…

And the weight of the golden earrings he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold