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Exodus 30:13

13 Each one who is numbered in the census shall give this: half a shekel2 according to the wshekel of the sanctuary (the xshekel is twenty gerahs),3 yhalf a shekel as an offering to the Lord.

2	A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
w	ch. 38:24; Lev. 5:15; 27:3, 25
x	Lev. 27:25; Num. 3:47; 18:16; Ezek. 45:12
3	A gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram
y	ch. 38:26; Matt. 17:24; [Gen. 24:22]