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GermanShepherdGirl ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ @germanshepherdgirl.bsky.social

The Roman coins had the image of โ€œdivineโ€ Caesar and they could not be used in the temple, so they needed to be converted to shekels. People used shekels for charity in the temple.

aug 31, 2025, 11:14 pm โ€ข 1 0

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BarbEdelman @barbedelman.bsky.social

i did not know that! i guess iโ€™d always imagined it was whatever passed for banking in the first christian century.

aug 31, 2025, 11:16 pm โ€ข 0 0 โ€ข view