Exodus 30:13Numbers 3:47Ezekiel 45:121 Chronicles 21:251 Samuel 9:8

The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Exodus 30:13; 2 Chronicles 24:6 ), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas. The coin, a stater (q.v.), which Peter found in the fish's mouth paid this contribution for both him and Christ (Matthew 17:24,27 ). A zuza, or quarter of a shekel, was given by Saul to Samuel (1 Samuel 9:8 ).