Gerah in the Bible
A weight equal to thirteen and seven-tenths grains, Paris Also a coin equivalent to about three cents American money and three half-pence English money
- Exodus 30:13 This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
- Numbers 3:47 Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
⇒Bible Encyclopedia for GERAH.
⇒See also McClintock and Strong Cyclopedia for Gerah.