"My lord,listento me; a piece of landworth fourhundredshekelsof silver,whatis that betweenme and you? So buryyour dead."
Then EphronansweredAbraham,sayingto him,
He boughtthe pieceof landwherehe had pitchedhis tentfrom the handof the sonsof Hamor,Shechem'sfather,for one hundredpiecesof money.
"Surelythereis a minefor silverAnd a placewhere they refinegold.
"Thisis what everyonewho is numberedshall give:halfa shekelaccording to the shekelof the sanctuary(the shekelis twentygerahs),halfa shekelas a contributionto the LORD.
"The richshall not paymoreand the poorshall not paylessthanthe halfshekel,when you givethe contributionto the LORDto makeatonementfor yourselves.
"The shekelshall be twentygerahs;twentyshekels,twenty-fiveshekels,[and] fifteenshekelsshall be your maneh.
