A weight of about 5.75 grams, equal to 10 gerahs, used for measuring gold and silver.
About A Half Shekel
A six-gram weight that was called “half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel” (Exodus 38:26).
See Weights and Measures.
Key References
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
All Scripture References (2)
Genesis (1)
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
Exodus (1)
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.