gerah

Hebrew [Term?]

gerah (plural gerahs)

1. (historical) An ancient Hebrew unit of weight and currency, one twentieth of a shekel.
   • New International Version (NIV), Exodus 30:13

     Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs.

   • New International Version (NIV), Leviticus 27:25

     Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.

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