Book of Mormon Critical Text discusses "pieces" in Alma 11 and its biblical background; shows that "piece" [of money] does not mean a coin.
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- Book
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- Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies LDS
- Hearsay
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- Reference
Book of Mormon Critical Text: A Tool for Scholarly Reference, 3 vols. (Provo, UT: Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1987), 2:587n617
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- Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
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- Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies
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- Reading Public
- Transcription
cf Gen 33:19 gesita “pieces of money” [KJ marg rdg “lambs”—not in the 1828 Phinney or 1979 LDS KJ]; Ex 37:7 gesha “piece” (of gold); Josh 24:32 gesita “pieces of silver” [KJ marg rdg “lambs”—not in Phinney or 1979 LDS KJ]; I Sam 2:36 ‘agorat kesef “piece of silver”; Job 42:11 gesita “piece of money”; Ps 68:30 ratse-kesef “pieces of silver”; none of these are coins.
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