# five shekels

A shekel is a unit of weight equal to about 11 grams. Alternate translation: "about 55 grams of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bweight]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bmoney]])

# You must use the shekel of the sanctuary as your standard weight

This means that the shekel must weight the same as those in the sanctuary. Alternate translation: "You must use the weight of the shekels in the sanctuary as your stand weight" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# twenty gerahs

"20 gerahs." A gerah is a unit of weight equal to about .57 kilograms. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-bweight]])