The truth of revelation : demonstrated by an appeal to existing monuments, sculptures, gems, coins, and medals (1840)
Murray, John, 1786?-1851 · London : W. Smith · leaf 306
a shekel was the amount ofthe tax laid on the people, (Neh. x. 33.) The shekelweighs rather less than half-an-ounce, and its value isabout 25. 3^. In Athens, around the censer (or thurihidum) withincense, are the words Schekel Israel—The Shekelof Israel; and on the reverse is a Branch with thewords… … 292 the resemblance is certainly very striking. Whetherthe foliage is to be considered as representing the opo-balsamum ; or the rod of Aaron, which blossomed, andwas deposited, as well as the golden vessel which con-tained a specimen of the manna which fell in thewilderness, in the ark or sacred…
Creation · Archaeology
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