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# silver #
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## Definition: ##
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Silver is a shiny, gray precious metal used to make coins, jewelry, containers, and ornaments.
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* The various containers that are made include silver cups and bowls, and other things used for cooking, eating, or serving.
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* Silver and gold were used in the building of the tabernacle and the temple.The temple in Jerusalem had containers made of silver.
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* In Bible times, a shekel was a unit of weight, and a purchase was often priced at a certain number of shekels of silver. By New Testament times there were silver coins of various weights that were measured in shekels.
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* Joseph's brothers sold him as a slave for twenty shekels of silver.
* Judas was paid thirty silver coins for betraying Jesus.
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(See also: [tabernacle ](../kt/tabernacle.md ), [temple ](../kt/temple.md ))
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## Bible References: ##
* [1 Chronicles 18:9-11 ](en/tn/1ch/help/18/09 )
* [1 Samuel 02:36 ](en/tn/1sa/help/02/36 )
* [2 Kings 25:13-15 ](en/tn/2ki/help/25/13 )
* [Acts 03:4-6 ](en/tn/act/help/03/04 )
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* [Matthew 26:14-16 ](en/tn/mat/help/26/14 )
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