Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 45:12

12 And the shekel shall be twenty Gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels shall be your Maneh .

Having laid down the standard for weight, and measure in less valuable things, and that are sold for money, now the Standard is set down for the currant coin, which passed among them, and the valuation of which was part of the Prince his prerogative. The first mentioned in the text is the shekel, which saith the text contained twenty Gerahs, now every Gerah was one penny half penny English value, the shekel then was 2 s. 6 d. the twenty shekels was two pounds ten shillings, the 15 shekels was one pound 17 shillings and 6 pence, and twenty five was 3 l. 2 s. 6 d.

Some say 'tis one pound, and that the pound was either least, middle or greatest, according as there were more, or fewer shekels in it, the least or common pound was but 17 s. and 6 d. the next, which was the Royal was 50 s. and the greatest or pound of the Sanctuary, was sixty two shillings and six pence.

Marginal references: Exod. 30.13. [illegible: 1 letter]ev. 27.25. [illegible: 1 letter]um. 3.47.