“And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
Set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. The valuation of persons for vow purposes begins with the prime working-age male (20–60 years): fifty shekels of silver, the highest valuation in the table. The highest valuation for the prime working-age male communicates the economic productivity of the person as the basis for the valuation. The sanctuary shekel standard maintains the official covenant standard for the transactions.
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