A shekel could buy a fine urn. From LearnThat.org.
It was called shekel, for we were counted in pairs. From Wordnik.com. [Chabad.org Weekly Magazine [ Passover 5770 - March 29, 2010 ]] Reference
The shekel was the common standard of weight and value among the Hebrews down to the time of the. From Wordnik.com. [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference
Zionist program and pay the annual contribution, known as a shekel, varying from 15 cents to 25 cents in different countries. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
Well, maybe not, a shekel is a shekel after all. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Double Standard: In a Good Way!] Reference
"shekel," &c., is a mark of antiquity. earring -- whether for the nose or ear (Ge 35: 4; Isa 3: 21). From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
The shekel was the registry of a name. From Wordnik.com. [Der Judenstaat. English] Reference
Jerome, instead of half a shekel, reads two shekels. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
Currency: new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD). From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
West Bank new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD). From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
West Bank: new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD). From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Currency (code): new Israeli shekel (ILS); Jordanian dinar (JOD). From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
We're making a living, before I didn't have a shekel in my pocket. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
Every year the Jews had to pay half a shekel of money for the splendid. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Shepherd A Life of Christ for Children] Reference
"It was unthinkable that the shekel would be stronger than the dollar.". From Wordnik.com. [Israeli Start-Ups Pained] Reference
"The first bright shekel I find in the highway," answered Naomi saucily. From Wordnik.com. [Christmas Light] Reference
Aruch: "A shekel of the law is selaa, and is of the value of four pence.". From Wordnik.com. [From the Talmud and Hebraica] Reference
Besides, he notes, Israel controls the shipment of shekel notes into Gaza. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Central Bank's Tricky Path] Reference
Currency: new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
At the fifth or sixth turn as he came by she had the marked shekel in her hand. From Wordnik.com. [Stories by American Authors, Volume 1] Reference
Then the queen marveled greatly at the wisdom of SOLOMON, and gave him a shekel. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Moses estimates the earrings at half a shekel, and the bracelets at ten shekels. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2] Reference
Women were allocated to the tune of almost six million shekel in an alternate site. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Women Fight For Equality At Jerusalem Western Wall] Reference
Currency (code): new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation. From Wordnik.com. [The 2007 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Teva declared a quarterly dividend of 0.7 shekel a share, or about 18.8 U.S. cents. From Wordnik.com. [MS Drug Copaxone Boosts Teva's Net Profit] Reference
Currency: 1 new Israeli shekel (NIS) = 100 new agorot; 1 Jordanian dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Charging one shekel, just over 25 cents, to use his ladder to climb over the wall to Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 28, 2008] Reference
I didn't pay -- I didn't receive any -- I think that it was 150 shekel (ph) within ten days. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 19, 2002] Reference
Already, Israel often delays shekel shipments because of divisions within its own government. From Wordnik.com. [Palestine Central Bank's Tricky Path] Reference
With a representation proportional to the number of shekel-payers, a Congress convenes bi-annually in a central. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
Israel new Israeli shekel (ILS); note - NIS is the currency abbreviation; ILS is the International Organization for. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
From all portions of the world came devout Jews to the Passover each contributing his compulsory half shekel tribute money. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Well, both Israel's stock market and its currency, the shekel, were higher on the last day of the war than on its first day. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgotten Battleground] Reference
And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
The tribute money from all the earth, the Sanctuary half shekel and the Temple Bazaars and money-changers bring riches untold to Annas. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria. From Wordnik.com. [The World English Bible (WEB):] Reference
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