Shekels--Any of several ancient units of weight, especially a Hebrew unit equal to about a half ounce, currency used for trading, as in money.

four hundred shekels of silver; a golden earring of half a shekel weight; two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; thirty shekels of silver

The principal spices, pure myrrh five hundred shekels, sweet cinnamon two hundred and fifty shekels, sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels.

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