weighed him the money] As the manner was in those times, to make payment, not so much by tale, as by weight. Genesis 23:16. Isaiah 55:2. Zechariah 11:12. seventeen shekels of silver] Or, seven shekels, and ten pieces of silver; but that rather. Which amounteth of our money, to much about forty two shillings and six pence; the shekel weighing half an ounce.