Kesitah
The kesitah is an ancient Biblical form of monetary measurement of which the value or weight is no longer known.[1] The word is translated from Hebrew meaning, "part, measure, piece of money."
Biblical account
[edit]The word appears in Genesis 33:19 and Joshua 24:32 where Jacob paid 100 kesitahs for land near Shechem. The earliest Greek translation translated kesitah as "lamb". After God restored his fortunes, Job received a kesitah from each of his friends (Job 42:11). Subsequently, the kesitah was probably a piece of money of a particular weight, cast in the form of a lamb (or unminted of a certain weight, the price of a lamb).
Archeology
[edit]Monuments in Egypt show that such weights were used as a form of currency.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Bible Gateway passage: Job 42 - New International Version". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2019-05-18.