The references to the purchase are ostensively contradictory about the purchase price; it is 50 shekels of silver according to , and 600 shekels of gold according to . However, this contradiction is only on the surface. The 50 shekels was the initial price to purchase the two oxen and the threshing floor, but the later price of 600 shekels was paid to purchase the property of Mount Moriah in addition to the oxen and threshing floor contained within and earlier purchased.