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Leviticus 27:25
Leviticus 27:25 is verse 25 of Leviticus chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
20 gerahs is equivalent to one shekel (approximately 0.4 ounces or 11.4 grams).
King James Version
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
World English Bible
All your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
A gerah is about 0.5 grams or about 7.7 grains.
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Read in context
Leviticus 27:23–27 · Berean Standard Bible
23 then the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.
24 In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom it was bought—the original owner of the land.
25 Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
26 But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
27 But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 30:13Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Numbers 18:16You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Ezekiel 45:12The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.