KJV ORIGINAL
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Here's how your money should work: a shekel equals twenty gerahs, and a maneh should be worth sixty shekels total (that's twenty plus twenty-five plus fifteen).
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even ancient currency needed honest standards — God cares about fair deals.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The prophet Ezekiel addressed these visions to the Jewish exiles in Babylon during their captivity, approximately in the early to mid-6th century BCE. It
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