Every value was to be set by the Sanctuary Shekel according to verse 25. This may seem to be a little side note without much difference but it was. Years ago, companies would sometimes run company stores. These stores took credit and script. Script was paid to the employees who could exchange it for things at the company store. The problem was the value of script was never as high as cash and therefore kept the employees in debt to the company store. The practice was finally made illegal in the United States in 1938. God never wanted anything like this every value was set by the one standard, His.
Side note, Tennesse Ernie Ford sang an interesting song about it. This link gives a history. https://www.songfacts.com/facts/tennessee-ernie-ford/sixteen-tons
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