20 But all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen each man’s plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his sickle; 21 and the charge for a sharpening was a [a]pim for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to set the points of the goads.

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  1. 1 Samuel 13:21 About two-thirds shekel weight

11 The words of the wise are like goads, and the words of [a]scholars are like well-driven nails, given by one Shepherd.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 12:11 Lit. masters of assemblies

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