Hebrew Voices #3 – Temple Mount Treasures

Related Verses

• Psalm 102:12-15 [Heb. 13-16]
• Exodus 30:13 [Heb.]
• 2 Samuel 24 [Heb.]
• Jeremiah 20:1-3 [Heb.]
• 1 Chronicles 24:14 [Heb.]
• In this photo, Nehemia is holding a fragment of a frieze that decorated the facade of the Second Temple. It contains burn marks that scorched it when the Romans burned the Temple in 70 CE.This 7th century BCE seal impression is the first ancient Hebrew inscription ever found on the Temple Mount. The inscription indicates that it belonged to the priestly family Immer mentioned in
• Jeremiah 20:1 and
• 1 Chronicles 24:14.An arrowhead fired during the Babylonian destruction of the First Temple in 586 BCE.A half-shekel from the time of the Jewish Revolt in 66 CE. Every Jew would contribute a half-shekel to the Temple based on
• Exodus 30:13 in order to be counted as part of the Congregation of Israel. Decades before this coin was produced, the only silver accepted at the Temple was the Tyrian Half Shekel bearing the image of Melkart, the god of Tyre. In the First Century, Jews making their pilgrimage to Jerusalem were forced to exchange their perfectly good silver for that pagan coin. This was opposed by a preacher from Nazareth named Yeshua who turned over the tables of the money-changers. The dominion of the money-changers finally ended with the production of this Hebrew coin that bears the inscription in Paleo-Hebrew חצי השקל "The Half Shekel." The back of the coin says, ירושלם קדשה "Holy Jerusalem."
• Help support uncovering treasures from the Temple Mount Sifting Project .
• Nehemia Gordon's blog on The Hidden Treasures of the Temple Mount

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