“When the half-shekel tax was brought to the Temple during the First Temple period, there were no coins, so they used silver ingots. In order to calculate the weight of these silver pieces they would put them on one side of the scales and on the other side they placed the Beka weight.” - Christian Headlines
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
Rare Weight from First-Temple Period Found in Jerusalem
Since 2005
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