Ezekiel 45:12

Ezekiel 45:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.
• New International Version (NIV)The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one mina.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels shall be your mina.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your mina.

Context of Ezekiel 45:12

10Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. 11The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, so that the bath may contain the tenth part of a homer, and the ephah the tenth part of a homer: the measure thereof shall be according to the homer. And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. 13This is the heave-offering which ye shall offer: the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah out of a homer of barley; 14and the set portion of oil, by the bath of oil, the tenth part of a bath out of a cor, [which is] a homer of ten baths, for ten baths are a homer;

Ezekiel 45:12 word by word

וְהַשֶּׁ֖קֶל עֶשְׂרִ֣ים גֵּרָ֑ה עֶשְׂרִ֨ים שְׁקָלִ֜ים חֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֣ים שְׁקָלִ֗ים עֲשָׂרָ֤ה וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ שֶׁ֔קֶל הַמָּנֶ֖ה יִֽהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• shekelשֶׁ֫קֶלsheqel · shekelH8255
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• gerahsגֵּרָהgêrâh · gerahH1626
• fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568

Cross-references for Ezekiel 45:12

• Exodus 30:13This shall they give — every one that passeth among them that are numbered — half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary, — twenty gerahs the shekel; a half shekel shall be the heave-offering for Jehovah.
• Leviticus 27:25And all thy valuation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
• Numbers 3:47thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll, according to the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them, — twenty gerahs the shekel;
• Ezekiel 45:20So thou shalt do also on the seventh of the month for every one that erreth, and for the simple; and ye shall make atonement for the house.
• Ezekiel 45:25In the seventh [month], on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, shall he do the like seven days, according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt-offering, and according to the oblation, and according to the oil.
• Ezekiel 45:15and one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, from the well-watered pastures of Israel; — for an oblation, and for a burnt-offering, and for peace-offerings, to make atonement for them, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 45:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12The shekel - See the marginal reference. The “maneh” shall be of true weight, but it would seem that in Ezekiel‘s time there were “manehs” of different value.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12When the prince collected the people's offerings for the temple (see Ezekiel 45:13–17), he should not alter the scales to gain from the difference between what he received and what he provided for the temple's ministry.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. The standard weights were lost when the Chaldeans destroyed the temple. The threefold enumeration of shekels (twenty, twenty-five, fifteen) probably refers to coins of different value, representing respectively so many shekels, the three collectively making up a maneh. By weighing these together against the maneh, a test was afforded whether they severally had their proper weight: sixty shekels in all, containing one coin a fourth of the whole…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 45:12

• King
• Measure
• Shekel

In the dictionaries

• Exaction
• Maneh
• Shekel
• Weights
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Gerah
• Levitical Cities

Commentaries on Ezekiel 45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings