Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'shekel' occurs 43 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'shekel' in the standard works and contain 48.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 7 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 30:13-15 (5 in 3 verses)

 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.

 30:14 Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the Lord.

 30:15 The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.




Ex. 38:24-26 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 7:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Lev. 27:25 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 3:47 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)

Num. 7:85-86 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 43 96 139
Gen. 1 3 4
Ex. 10 9 19
Lev. 4 10 14
Num. 18 44 62
Deut. 0 2 2
Josh. 0 2 2
Judg. 0 5 5
1 Sam. 1 2 3
2 Sam. 0 5 5
1 Kgs. 0 2 2
2 Kgs. 6 1 7
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 4 4
Neh. 1 1 2
Jer. 0 1 1
Ezek. 1 4 5
Amos 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 0 0
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 43 96 139

Ex. 21:32
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

Ex. 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.

Ex. 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

Ex. 30:23
Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,

Ex. 30:24
And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin:

Ex. 38:24
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

Ex. 38:25
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Ex. 38:26
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

Ex. 38:28
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.

Ex. 38:29
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.