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All your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
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The Standard of Integrity
Commentators explain that the 'shekel of the sanctuary' was not a different type of coin, but the official, government-standard weight. By requiring all valuations to meet this benchmark, God established a principle of integrity and honesty, ensuring that offerings given for sacred purposes were of full, uncompromised value.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
On the shekel and the gerah, see Exodus 30:13, note; Exodus 38:24, note.
19th Century
Anglican
According to the shekel of the sanctuary. —As the proceeds of these vows were devoted to the maintenance and repair of th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all your estimation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary The shekel …
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