- 3) And the judge received for his wages according to his time—a senine of gold for a day, or a senum of silver, which is equal to a senine of gold; and this is according to the law which was given.
- 4) Now these are the names of the different pieces of their gold, and of their silver, according to their value. And the names are given by the Nephites, for they did not reckon after the manner of the Jews who were at Jerusalem; neither did they measure after the manner of the Jews; but they altered their reckoning and their measure, according to the minds and the circumstances of the people, in every generation, until the reign of the judges, they having been established by king Mosiah.
- 5) Now the reckoning is thus—a senine of gold, a seon of gold, a shum of gold, and a limnah of gold.
- 7) A senum of silver was equal to a senine of gold, and either for a measure of barley, and also for a measure of every kind of grain.
- 8) Now the amount of a seon of gold was twice the value of a senine.
- Verily, verily, I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence until thou hast paid the uttermost senine. And while ye are in prison can ye pay even one senine? Verily, verily, I say unto you, Nay.
Notes
I take the Mosiah who established these measures, to be Mosiah, son of Benjamin, rather than Benjamin's father. This is because the base values of gold and silver measures are given with reference to a day's labor of a judge, which is a position established by Mosiah, son of Benjamin. It could certainly be otherwise, (after all, values are also given as grain measures) but this is what seems to be suggested here.
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