1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Leviticus 27:25 All estimation shall be made according to the sicle of the sanctuary. *A sicle hath twenty obols.

Exodus 30:13.; Numbers 3:47.; Ezechiel 45:12.
Obols. Hebrew, "gerah." which were worth 1d.-2687; so that a sicle amounts to 2s. 3d.-375. (Arbuthnot.)