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Raw Blame History

spices

dried plants that people grind into a powder and put in oil or food to give it a nice smell or flavor. See how you translated this in Exodus 25:6. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)

five hundred shekels ... 250 shekels

"500 shekels ... two hundred and fifty shekels." A shekel is about 11 grams. Translators may use units that people know and round numbers: "5.7 kilograms ... 11.4 kilograms" or "six kilograms ... three kilograms" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction)

cinnamon ... cane ... cassia

These are sweet spices. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)