The Book of Numbers
How much?
The biblical terms “shekels” and “talents” may be unfamiliar, but their uses in ancient times are perfectly up-to-date even today: public-works funding, purchases, fees and bribes. Originally shekels and talents were units of weight. Stone weights in multiples or fractions of a shekel were used to weight quantities of gold or silver. The shekel in Israelite times averaged about 11.4 grams (0.4 ounce); a talent equaled 3,000 shekels.
What was the value of the books of magic burned at Ephesus? | 50,000 pieces of silver (Acts 19:19) | |
How many talents of gold and silver did David provide to Solomon in order to build the Temple in Jerusalem? | 1,100,000 (100,000 of gold and 1,000,000 of silver—1 Chronicles 22:14) | |
Among the Israelites, according to Deuteronomy, what was the statute of limitations (after which a suit for return is barred) for debts? | 7 years (Deuteronomy 15:1) | |
What was the total weight of the gold earrings that Gideon collected from the men of Israel in return for freeing them from the hand of Midian? | 1,700 shekels (Judges 8:26) | |
In order to persuade King Ahasuerus to order the destruction of the Jews, how many talents of silver did Haman offer as a bribe? | 10,000 (Esther 4:9) |
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