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.
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Gill's Exposition
And of the thousand seven hundred seventy five shekels,.... Which remained of the sum collected, Exo 38:25 after the silver sockets were cast:
he made hooks for the pillars: on each side of the…
Barnes' Notes
A bekah - Literally, “a half”: the words “half a shekel,” etc. appear to be inserted only for emphasis, to enforce the accuracy to be observed in the payment. See Exo 30:13. Respecting the capitation…
Adam Clarke
A bekah for every man - The Hebrew word בקי beka, from בקי baka, to divide, separate into two, seems to signify, not a particular coin, but a shekel broken or cut in two; so, anciently, our farthing…
Here we have a breviat of the account which, by Moses's appointment, the Levites took and kept of the gold, silver, and brass, that was brought in for the tabernacle's use, and how it was employed.…
Cambridge Bible
a beḳa- Gen 24:22.† Lit. a thing cleftor halved. Three beḳa-s have been found recently in Palestine (Qu. St. of PEF., 1904, pp. 179, 211, ZDPV.1906, p. 94), weighing respectively 90.58, 94.28, and…
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