A small unit of weight, about 0.6 grams, used for measuring gold and silver.
About Gerah
Measure of weight defined as one-twentieth of a shekel, the latter being the basic weight among Semitic peoples. See Weights and Measures.
Key References
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
All Scripture References (5)
Exodus (1)
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Leviticus (1)
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Numbers (2)
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Ezekiel (1)
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.