Ezequiel 45:12

12 En cuanto a las medidas de peso: una mina será igual a veinte siclos, y un siclo será igual a veinte guerás.

Ezequiel 45:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 45:12

And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs
This is a rule for money or coin; the shekel was a silver coin, and is generally reckoned about the value of two shillings and six pence of our money, so a gerah about three half pennies: Bishop Cumberland reckons the shekel more exactly at two shillings and four pence farthing, and a little more, and the gerah at eleven grains of silver; see ( Leviticus 27:25 ) : twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your
maneh;
these were several pieces of money; one was a twenty shekel piece, which according to the common account was fifty shillings of our money; another was a five and twenty shekel piece, which was three pounds, two shillings, and sixpence; and a third was a fifteen shekel piece, which was one pound thirteen and sixpence; and together made a maneh or pound, which consisted of sixty shekels, or seven pounds, ten shillings; by which the other pieces should be tried, whether they were of just weight: the sense of the whole is, that no adulteration of coin should be made, which is very prejudicial in civil affairs.

Ezequiel 45:12 In-Context

10 ¡Usen balanzas justas, y pesas y medidas exactas!

11 Para sólidos y líquidos usarán la misma unidad de medida. El jómer de doscientos veinte litros servirá de patrón. Un bato de líquido será igual a una décima de jómer, y un efa de granos será igual a una décima de jómer.

12 En cuanto a las medidas de peso: una mina será igual a veinte siclos, y un siclo será igual a veinte guerás.

13 »”Esta es la ofrenda especial que presentarán: por cada jómer de trigo, la sexta parte de un efa; por cada jómer de cebada, la sexta parte de un efa.

14 La medida para el aceite es la siguiente: por cada coro, la décima parte de un bato; esto equivale a diez batos, y también a un jómer, ya que diez batos equivalen a un jómer.