City of David | The "Beka" Weight (Episode 19) - City of David: Bringing the Bible to Life @cityofdavidsite | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 10 hours ago
The beka was used as a counterweight for the silver half-shekel coin, ensuring
the coins authenticity.
When the Temple stood atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, every Jew was obligated to contribute annually a silver half shekel coin for its upkeep. Upon the beka was engraved, in ancient Hebrew script, the word beka. In the Bible, the beka is mentioned in the context of
collecting the half-shekel contribution given by the Israelites, which was also used as a means of conducting a national census.
A beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men. (Exodus 38:26)
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City of David: Bringing the Bible to Life is a series of short videos highlighting archeological discoveries relating to the City of David - the place where Jerusalem began - affirming Jerusalem's Biblical heritage.
See more episodes in the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_mVs-DUYQ7QlgevVKlXymuUV6N5Slfpe
Video credit: Gil Mezuman & City of David Archives
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The beka was used as a counterweight for the silver half-shekel coin, ensuring
the coins authenticity.
When the Temple stood atop the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, every Jew was obligated to contribute annually a silver half shekel coin for its upkeep. Upon the beka was engraved, in ancient Hebrew script, the word beka. In the Bible, the beka is mentioned in the context of
collecting the half-shekel contribution given by the Israelites, which was also used as a means of conducting a national census.
A beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,550 men. (Exodus 38:26)
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City of David: Bringing the Bible to Life is a series of short videos highlighting archeological discoveries relating to the City of David - the place where Jerusalem began - affirming Jerusalem's Biblical heritage.
See more episodes in the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_mVs-DUYQ7QlgevVKlXymuUV6N5Slfpe
Video credit: Gil Mezuman & City of David Archives
#jerusalem #cityofdavid #archaeology #finds #visitjerusalem #visitisrael #israel #traveljerusalem #excavation #excavations #artifacts #artifact #kingdavid #tempele #pilgrimage #pilgrimageroad #romanempire #romanartifact #jerusalema #davidbeeri #davidbeery
