King James Version
Ezekiel 45:12 in the King James Version says “And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.”
Ezekiel 45:12 · King James Version
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley:
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
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“shall be your maneh”
H4488properly, a fixed weight or measured amount, i.e., (technically) a maneh or mina
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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