10222. 'A shekel is twenty obols' means all the components of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'twenty' likewise as all, and as remnants of good, and also what is holy. For its meaning as all and consequently what is complete, see 9641; remnants of good, 2280; and what is holy, 4759, 7842, 7903. For when 'twenty' has regard to the Lord it means His Proprium, which is Holiness itself, 4176. From all this it is evident why a shekel should consist of twenty gerahs or obols and why it was called the shekel of holiness, as it is in the present verse and elsewhere, such as Leviticus 27:3; Numbers 3:47, 50; 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73; 18:16. The fact that a shekel was a weight both of silver and of gold, see Genesis 24:22; Exodus 38:24; Ezekiel 4:10; 45:12.

9641. 'And you shall make twenty boards for the dwelling-place' means good lending support to heaven in every respect and totally. This is clear from the meaning of 'the boards of the dwelling-place' as good lending support to heaven, dealt with in 9634; and from the meaning of 'twenty' as what is complete, thus what exists in every respect and totally. This is what 'twenty' means because multiple numbers have the same meaning as the simple ones of which they are the products, 5291, 5335, 5708, 7973, so that the number 'twenty' has the same meaning as ten and two which when multiplied together produce that number. For the meaning of 'ten' as that which is complete, and all, see 3107, 4638, and likewise 'two', 9103, 9166.