Genesis 23:15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
My LORD, hearken vnto mee: the land is worth foure hundred shekels of siluer: what is that betwixt mee and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
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- Ezekiel 45:12Rank 1 from verse 15
- Exodus 30:13Rank 2 from verse 15
13This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord.
13This they shall giue, euery one that passeth among them that are numbred: halfe a shekel after the shekel of the Sanctuary: *A shekel is twenty gerahs: an halfe shekel shall be the offering of the LORD.
- Exodus 30:15Rank 3 from verse 15
15The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
15The rich shal not †giue more, and the poore shall not †giue lesse then halfe a shekel, when they giue an offering vnto the LORD, to make an atonement for your soules.
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Genesis 23:15
A master, owner, ruler, husband, or other man in authority.
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1. To listen attentively or give heed. 2. To give regard, consent, or act in response.
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Sense 1: The ground or earth; a country, territory, or region. Sense 2: To set or come on shore.
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Value, price, usefulness, or comparative importance; in the older phrase woe worth, may woe befall.
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A precious white metal used for money, vessels, ornaments, images, trade, valuation, and refining; by extension, money or wealth reckoned in that metal.
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Between, in the space or relation separating or joining two persons, things, places, or parties.
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Sense 1: To place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.
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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.
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14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
14And Ephron answered Abraham, saying vnto him,
15My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
15My LORD, hearken vnto mee: the land is worth foure hundred shekels of siluer: what is that betwixt mee and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Selected passage16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
16And Abraham hearkened vnto Ephron, and Abraham weighed to Ephron the siluer, which he had named, in the audience of the sonnes of Heth, foure hundred shekels of siluer, currant money with the merchant.