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A Study Of Silver: Chapter 6
The Many Worthwhile Biblical Uses Of Silver Silver Used As A Legal Remedy (Gen 20:16 NCV) Abimelech said to Sarah, "I gave your brother Abraham twenty-five pounds of silver to make up for any wrong that people may think about you. I want everyone to know that you are innocent." Silver was used to pay fines for wrongdoing and as a legal remedy. Silver Used As Retribution Payment For Injuries Or Death (Exo 21:32 NCV) If the bull kills a male or female slave, the owner must pay the master the price for a new slave, or twelve ounces of silver, and the bull must also be stoned to death. Silver Used To Pay For Damages To A Womans Reputation (Deu 22:13-19 NIV) If a man takes a wife and, after lying with her, dislikes her and slanders her and gives her a bad name, saying, "I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity," then the girl's father and mother shall bring proof that she was a virgin to the town elders at the gate. The girl's father will say to the elders, "I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her. Now he has slandered her and said, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the proof of my daughter's virginity." Then her parents shall display the cloth before the elders of the town, and the elders shall take the man and punish him. They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the girl's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives. Death Was The Punishment For The Rape Of A Married Or Engaged Woman (Deu 22:23-24 NIV) If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death--the girl because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man's wife. You must purge the evil from among you. (Deu 22:25-27 NIV) But if out in the country a man happens to meet a girl pledged to be married and rapes her, only the man who has done this shall die. Do nothing to the girl; she has committed no sin deserving death. This case is like that of someone who attacks and murders his neighbor, for the man found the girl out in the country, and though the betrothed girl screamed, there was no one to rescue her. Rape Of An Unmarried Woman Resulted In Marriage And A Fine Paid In Silver (Deu 22:28 NIV) If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives. A man who raped a woman was required to marry her, (if she so desired) and he could never divorce her. In addition he had to pay the father of the girl a certain amount of silver or damages. If the woman did not desire to marry him the fine still had to be paid. Silver Used For Real Estate Purchases (Gen 23:15-16 NCV) "Sir, the land is worth ten pounds of silver, but I won't argue with you over the price. Take the land, and bury your dead wife." Abraham agreed and paid Ephron in front of the Hittite witnesses. He weighed out the full price, ten pounds of silver, and they counted the weight as the traders normally did. (Gen 33:19 NCV) He bought a part of the field where he had camped from the sons of Hamor father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of silver. Silver Used By Jacob To Buy Land In Shechem (Josh 24:32 NCV) When the Israelites left Egypt, they carried the bones of Joseph with them. They buried them at Shechem, in the land Jacob had bought for a hundred pieces of silver from the sons of Hamor (Hamor was the father of Shechem). This land now belonged to Joseph's children. God Orders Jeremiah To buy A Field And Pay For It With Silver (Jer 32:9-10 NCV) "I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel, weighing out seven ounces of silver for him. I signed the record and sealed it and had some people witness it. I also weighed out the silver on the scales. (Jer 32:25 NCV) But now, Lord GOD, you tell me, 'Buy the field with silver and call in witnesses.' You tell me this while the Babylonian army is ready to capture the city." Land purchases were completed with payment in silver, in Jeremiah’s case, by direct divine order to the prophet. The Price Of Farmland Set In Silver (Lev 27:16 NCV) "'If a person gives some family property to the LORD, the value of the fields will depend on how much seed is needed to plant them. It will cost about one and one-fourth pounds of silver for each six bushels of barley seed needed. Rent Was Paid In Silver (Song 8:11-12 NCV) Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He rented the vineyards for others to tend, and everyone who rented had to pay twenty-five pounds of silver for the fruit. But my own vineyard is mine to give. Solomon, the twenty-five pounds of silver are for you, and five pounds are for those who tend the fruit. Silver Used As Engagement Gifts (Gen 24:53 NCV) Then he gave Rebekah gold and silver jewelry and clothes. He also gave expensive gifts to her brother and mother. Silver Used For Gifts Of All Types (Exo 25:3 NCV) These are the gifts that you should receive from them: gold, silver, bronze; Silver Used As Payment To The Israelites By Egyptians For Years Of Slavery (Exo 3:22 NCV) Each woman should ask her Egyptian neighbor and any Egyptian woman living in her house for gifts--silver, gold, and clothing. You should put those gifts on your children when you leave Egypt. In this way you will take with you the riches of the Egyptians." (Exo 11:2 NCV) Tell the men and women of Israel to ask their neighbors for things made of silver and gold." (Exo 12:35 NCV) The Israelites did what Moses told them to do and asked their Egyptian neighbors for things made of silver and gold and for clothing. Silver Used In the Building Of The Tabernacle In The Wilderness (Exo 26:19 & 21 NCV) Each frame must have two silver bases to go under it, a peg fitting into each base. You must make forty silver bases for the frames. and forty silver bases for them--two bases for each frame. (Exo 27:17 NCV) All the posts around the courtyard must have silver bands and hooks and bronze bases. (Exo 36:36 NCV) They made four posts of acacia wood for it and covered them with gold. Then they made gold hooks for the posts, as well as four silver bases in which to set the posts. (Exo 38:10-12 NCV) The curtains hung on silver hooks and bands, placed on twenty bronze posts with twenty bronze bases. On the north side the wall of curtains was also one hundred fifty feet long, and it hung on silver hooks and bands on twenty posts with twenty bronze bases. On the west side of the courtyard, the wall of curtains was seventy-five feet long. It was held up by silver hooks and bands on ten posts with ten bases. (Exo 38:17 & 19NCV) The bases for the posts were made of bronze. The hooks and the bands on the posts were made of silver, and the tops of the posts were covered with silver also. All the posts in the courtyard had silver bands. It was held up by four posts and four bronze bases. The hooks and bands on the posts were made of silver, and the tops on the posts were covered with silver. (Exo 38:25-28 NCV) The silver was given by the members of the community who were counted. It weighed 7,550 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure. All the men twenty years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay one-fifth of an ounce of silver, as set by the Holy Place measure. Of this silver, 7,500 pounds were used to make the one hundred bases for the Holy Tent and for the curtain--75 pounds of silver in each base. They used 50 pounds of silver to make the hooks for the posts and to cover the tops of the posts and to make the bands on them. Silver Used For Vessels For The Tabernacle (Num 7:13 NCV) His gift was one silver plate that weighed about three and one-fourth pounds, and one silver bowl that weighed about one and three-fourths pounds. These weights were set by the Holy Place measure. The bowl and the plate were filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. This offering is repeated 12 times, once for each of the tribes of Israel. (Num 7:84-85 NCV) So these were the gifts from the Israelite leaders when oil was poured on the altar and it was given for service to the LORD: twelve silver plates, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes. Each silver plate weighed about three and one-fourth pounds, and each bowl weighed about one and three-fourths pounds. All the silver plates and silver bowls together weighed about sixty pounds according to a weight set by the Holy Place measure. Silver Used To Pay For Blacksmith Work And Jewelery (1 Sam 13:21 NCV) The Philistine blacksmiths charged about one-fourth of an ounce of silver for sharpening plows and hoes. And they charged one-eighth of an ounce of silver for sharpening picks, axes, and the sticks used to guide oxen. (Song 1:11 NCV) We will make for you gold earrings with silver hooks. Achan Cursed Due To Lust For Silver, And Died For It Silver has many wonderful uses, but lust for it to the point of stealing or disobeying God’s commands to get it is still a sin. The sin of Achan in the matter of silver caused Israel’s armay to be defeated and many deaths. This occured because by his actions he removed the blessing and protection of God from Israel. Because of his sin and the deaths he cause, both he and his family died. (Josh 7:1-5 NIV) But the Israelites acted unfaithfully in regard to the devoted things ; Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of them. So the Lord's anger burned against Israel. Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth Aven to the east of Bethel, and told them, "Go up and spy out the region." So the men went up and spied out Ai. When they returned to Joshua, they said, "Not all the people will have to go up against Ai. Send two or three thousand men to take it and do not weary all the people, for only a few men are there." So about three thousand men went up; but they were routed by the men of Ai, who killed about thirty-six of them. They chased the Israelites from the city gate as far as the stone quarries and struck them down on the slopes. At this the hearts of the people melted and became like water. (Josh 7:6-12 NIV) Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the LORD, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. And Joshua said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?" The LORD said to Joshua, "Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction. (Josh 7:13-19 NIV) "Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, 'Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: That which is devoted is among you, O Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove it. "'In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD takes shall come forward clan by clan; the clan that the LORD takes shall come forward family by family; and the family that the LORD takes shall come forward man by man. He who is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the LORD and has done a disgraceful thing in Israel!'" Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was taken. The clans of Judah came forward, and he took the Zerahites. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was taken. Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give him the praise. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me." (Josh 7:20-26 NIV) Achan replied, "It is true! I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath." So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the LORD. Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold wedge, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. Joshua said, "Why have you brought this trouble on us? The LORD will bring trouble on you today." Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the LORD turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since. Silver Used To Entice Delilah To Betray Samson (Judg 16:5 NCV) The Philistine rulers went to Delilah and said, "Find out what makes Samson so strong. Trick him into telling you how we can overpower him and capture him and tie him up. If you do this, each one of us will give you twenty-eight pounds of silver." (Judg 16:18 NCV) When Delilah saw that he had told her everything sincerely, she sent a message to the Philistine rulers. She said, "Come back one more time, because he has told me everything." So the Philistine rulers came back to Delilah and brought the silver with them. Silver Used As An Offering To A Prophet (1 Sam 9:8 NCV) Again the servant answered Saul. "Look, I have one-tenth of an ounce of silver. Give it to the man of God. Then he will tell us about our journey." While silver is a good thing, the saving of it is only a blessing when it is done legally, ethically and accordance with the will of God. It would be better not to have one penny and go into the tribulation period totally unprepared, but with God’s blessing, than to have one ton of silver obtained by unjust means. |
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