28 So when the Midianite(A) merchants came by, his brothers pulled Joseph up out of the cistern(B) and sold(C) him for twenty shekels[a] of silver(D) to the Ishmaelites,(E) who took him to Egypt.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 37:28 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams

32 If the bull gores a male or female slave, the owner must pay thirty shekels[a](A) of silver to the master of the slave, and the bull is to be stoned to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 21:32 That is, about 12 ounces or about 345 grams

“So give orders that cedars(A) of Lebanon be cut for me. My men will work with yours, and I will pay you for your men whatever wages you set. You know that we have no one so skilled in felling timber as the Sidonians.”

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15 and asked, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?” So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver.(A)

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