Ezekiel 45:12

¹² And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

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Other Translations of Ezekiel 45:12

New International Version

¹² The shekelA shekel weighed about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams. is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.That is, 60 shekels; the common mina was 50 shekels. Sixty shekels were about 1 1/2 pounds or about 690 grams.

English Standard Version

¹² The shekel shall be twenty gerahs;A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams; a gerah was about 1/50 ounce or 0.6 gram twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.A mina was about 1 1/4 pounds or 0.6 kilogram

The Message

¹² And your coins must be honest - no wooden nickels! Everyone in the Land Must Contribute

New King James Version

¹² The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

New Living Translation

¹² The standard unit for weight will be the silver shekel. One shekel will consist of twenty gerahs, and sixty shekels will be equal to one mina.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezekiel 45:12

Chapter Summary

In the period here foretold, the worship and the ministers of God will be provided for; the princes will rule with justice, as holding their power under Christ; the people will live in peace, ease, and godliness. These things seem to be represented in language taken from the customs of the times in which the prophet wrote. Christ is our Passover that is sacrificed for us: we celebrate the memorial of that sacrifice, and feast upon it, triumphing in our deliverance out of the Egyptian slavery of sin, and our preservation from the destroying sword of Divine justice, in the Lord's supper, which is our passover feast; as the whole Christian life is, and must be, the feast of the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.