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# silver #
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## Definition: ##
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Silver is a shiny, gray precious metal used to make coins, jewelry, containers, and ornaments.
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* The various containers that are made include silver cups and bowls, and other things used for cooking, eating, or serving.
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* Silver and gold were used in the building of the tabernacle and the temple.The temple in Jerusalem had containers made of silver.
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* In Bible times, a shekel was a unit of weight, and a purchase was often priced at a certain number of shekels of silver. By New Testament times there were silver coins of various weights that were measured in shekels.
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* Joseph's brothers sold him as a slave for twenty shekels of silver.
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* Judas was paid thirty silver coins for betraying Jesus.
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(See also: [tabernacle](../kt/tabernacle.md), [temple](../kt/temple.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Chronicles 18:9-11](en/tn/1ch/help/18/09)
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* [1 Samuel 02:36](en/tn/1sa/help/02/36)
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* [2 Kings 25:13-15](en/tn/2ki/help/25/13)
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* [Acts 03:4-6](en/tn/act/help/03/04)
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* [Matthew 26:14-16](en/tn/mat/help/26/14) |