# one beka

A beka is 1/2 a shekel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]])

# half a shekel

A shekel is 11 grams. AT: "1/2 a shekel" or "five and a half grams" or "5 1/2 grams" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])

# This figure was reached on the basis of every person who was counted in the census

Every man who was 20 years old or older was included in the census and was required to give half a shekel.

# twenty years old

"20 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])