When I saw among the spoil a goodly Shinar mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.’
When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar (note: That is, Babylonia), two hundred shekels (note: 50 shekels is approximately 1.26 pounds or 569.8 grams of gold.)of silver (note: 200 shekels is approximately 5 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of silver.), and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”