Moneychangers in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Matt. 21:12; Mark 11:15; John 2:15). Every Israelite from
twenty years and upwards had to pay (Ex. 30:13-15)
into the
sacred treasury half a shekel every year as an
offering to
Jehovah, and that in the exact Hebrew half-shekel
piece. There
was a class of men, who frequented the temple courts,
who
exchanged at a certain premium foreign moneys for
these
half-shekels to the Jews who came up to Jerusalem from
all parts
of the world. (See PASSOVER -T0002864.) When our Lord
drove the
traffickers out of the temple, these money-changers
fared worst.
Their tables were overturned and they themselves were
expelled.
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