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February 6, 2024

Archaeologists Identify One of the Oldest Coins Ever Found in Israel

A half shekel.

The Torah describes censuses being taken by collecting half-shekel coins from every adult male. A piece of silver currency was recently discovered southwest of Jerusalem and it’s possible it was used in such a census. Nathan Steinmeyer describes the find:

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