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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…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
19th Century
Anglican
19th Century
A thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold. —This was about seventy pounds of gold. This amount would imply a very large number …
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
19th Century
Baptist
19th Century
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,…
John Gill
JohnGill
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
And the weight of the golden earrings he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
Gideon refused the government the people offered him. No good man can be pleased with any honour done to himself, which belongs only to God.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes