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1 Samuel 13:20
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 13:20
English Standard Version
20 But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle,[a]
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- 1 Samuel 13:20 Septuagint; Hebrew plowshare
1 Samuel 13:21
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 13:21
English Standard Version
21 and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel[a] for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel[b] for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.[c]
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- 1 Samuel 13:21 Hebrew was a pim
- 1 Samuel 13:21 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
- 1 Samuel 13:21 The meaning of the Hebrew verse is uncertain
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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