THEOSISPhilaret of Moscow (Drosdow)
What does this signify between us? To me and you, it is such a trivial matter that it hardly warrants any concern.
Genesis 23:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
My lord, hear me. The ground which thou desirest, is worth four hundred sicles of silver: this is the price between me and thee: but what is this? bury thy dead.
אֲדֹנִ֣י שְׁמָעֵ֔נִי אֶרֶץ֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵאֹ֧ת שֶֽׁקֶל־כֶּ֛סֶף בֵּינִ֥י וּבֵֽינְךָ֖ מַה־הִ֑וא וְאֶת־מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ezek 45:12And the sicle hath twenty obols. Now twenty sicles, and five and twenty sicles, and fifteen sicles, make a mna,
- Ex 30:13And this shall every one give that passeth at the naming, half a sicle according to the standard of the temple. A sicle hath twenty obols. Half a sicle shall be offered to the Lord.
- Ex 30:15The rich man shall not add to half a sicle, and the poor man shall diminish nothing.