Every man also gave him a piece of money. — The Hebrew word is kesîtâh, which is found also in the narrative of Jacob’s purchase of the field of the children of Hamor (Genesis 33:19). Some have supposed, from a comparison of this passage with Genesis 23:16, which relates the corresponding transaction between Abraham and the sons of Heth, that the value of the kesîtâh was four shekels, but this is, of course, not certain from these narratives. Tradition says that the kesîtâh was a coin with the figure of & lamb stamped upon it.

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