Adam and Eve BOI 2017
אדם וחוה
The first couple in Eden, the tree at the centre of the garden.
- Verse
- Genesis 1–3 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Bereshit
Bank of Israel · תמונות מן התנ״ך
Pictures from the Bible
Since 1994 the Bank of Israel has issued one commemorative coin a year on a biblical scene — the תמונות מן התנ״ך (Pictures from the Bible) series, each in 1, 2 and 10 NIS silver and a 1 NIS gold piece. The Bank's catalog names each scene but prints no chapter and verse: every verse and parsha mapping here is inferred from the depicted scene, and is labelled as such. There was no Bible coin in 1997, 2001 or 2015, and no 2026 issue has been listed.
Genesis
Noah's Ark BOI 1998
תבת נח
The ark riding out the Flood, the animals two by two.
- Verse
- Genesis 6:13–8:14 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Noach
Tower of Babel BOI 2002
מגדל בבל
One language, one city, a tower with its top in the heavens — and the scattering that follows.
- Verse
- Genesis 11:1–9 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Noach
So Shall Thy Seed Be BOI 1999
כה יהיה זרעך
Avram is brought outside and told to count the stars: 'so shall your seed be' — the coin's Hebrew name is the verse itself.
- Verse
- Genesis 15:5 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Lech Lecha
Abraham and the Three Angels BOI 2006
אברהם ושלושת המלאכים
Three visitors at the terebinths of Mamre; Abraham runs to greet them and sets a meal before them under the tree.
- Verse
- Genesis 18:1–8 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Vayera
Binding of Isaac BOI 1994
עקדת יצחק
Avram bound to the altar, the angel staying Abraham's hand — the Akedah.
- Verse
- Genesis 22:1–19 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Vayera
Isaac and Rebecca BOI 2018
יצחק ורבקה
Rivka at the well with her pitcher, giving water to Abraham's servant and to his camels.
- Verse
- Genesis 24 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Chayei Sarah
Jacob's Dream BOI 2014
חלום יעקב
A ladder set on the earth with its top reaching heaven, angels ascending and descending, and God standing over Jacob at Beth-El.
- Verse
- Genesis 28:10–19 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Vayetze
Jacob and Rachel BOI 2003
יעקב ורחל
Jacob rolls the stone from the well, waters Rachel's flock, kisses her and weeps.
- Verse
- Genesis 29 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Vayetze
Joseph and His Brothers BOI 2000
יוסף ואחיו
Joseph's brothers bow before the Egyptian vizier they do not recognise — the dreams fulfilled (the scene recurs when they bow again in Genesis 45).
- Verse
- Genesis 42:6 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Miketz
Exodus
The Burning Bush BOI 2004
הסנה הבוער
A bush that burns and is not consumed: Moses hides his face before the angel of God in the flame.
- Verse
- Exodus 3:1–6 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Shemot
Splitting of the Sea BOI 2008
קריעת ים סוף
A strong east wind drives the sea back; Israel walks through on dry ground between walls of water.
- Verse
- Exodus 14:21–29 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Beshalach
Miriam and the Women BOI 1996
מרים והנשים שרות אחרי חציית ים סוף
Miriam the prophetess takes up the timbrel and all the women follow her with dances, answering Moses' song.
- Verse
- Exodus 15:20–21 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Beshalach
Moses and the Tablets BOI 2005
משה ולוחות הברית
Moses descends Sinai carrying the לוחות הברית, the tablets of the covenant.
- Verse
- Exodus 31:18–34:29 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Ki Tisa
Numbers
The Twelve Spies BOI 2019
שנים עשר המרגלים
Two spies carry a single cluster of grapes on a pole between them, with pomegranates and figs from the Valley of Eshkol.
- Verse
- Numbers 13:23 inferred
- Reading
- Parshat Sh'lach
Moses and the Rock BOI 2022
משה והסלע
Moses raises his hand and strikes the rock twice, and water pours out for the congregation.
- Verse
- Numbers 20:7–11 inferred · also entered at Exodus 17:5–6
- Reading
- The scene fits two passages — Exodus 17:5–6 (Beshalach) and Numbers 20:7–11 (Chukat); the Bank of Israel's description fits both
Joshua
Jericho's Walls Fall BOI 2025
נפילת חומות יריחו
Seven priests, seven trumpets, one great shout — and the wall of Jericho falls flat.
- Verse
- Joshua 6:20 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
Judges
Deborah the Prophetess BOI 2023
דבורה הנביאה
Deborah judging Israel under her palm tree, Barak summoned to battle, and the song the two of them sing on the day of victory.
- Verse
- Judges 4–5 inferred
- Reading
- Haftara of Beshalach
Samson and the Lion BOI 2009
שמשון והאריה
On the road to Timnah a lion roars at Samson; the spirit of God comes upon him and he tears it barehanded.
- Verse
- Judges 14:5–6 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
Samson in the Philistine Temple BOI 2016
שמשון בבית הפלשתים
Blind and mocked at Dagon's feast, Samson braces himself against the temple's two middle pillars: 'let me die with the Philistines.'
- Verse
- Judges 16:23–30 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
1 Samuel
David Plays for Saul BOI 2013
דוד מנגן לשאול
Whenever the evil spirit fell on Saul, David took the lyre and played, and Saul was refreshed.
- Verse
- 1 Samuel 16:14–23 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
David and Jonathan's Covenant BOI 2024
ברית דוד ויהונתן
Jonathan's soul is knit to David's; he strips off his robe, sword, bow and belt and gives them to him — renewed as a covenant in ch. 20.
- Verse
- 1 Samuel 18:1–4 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
1 Kings
Solomon's Judgment BOI 1995
משפט שלמה
Two mothers, one living child: Solomon proposes dividing the baby and the true mother reveals herself.
- Verse
- 1 Kings 3:16–28 inferred
- Reading
- Haftara of Miketz (1 Kings 3:15–4:1)
Solomon and the Queen of Sheba BOI 2021
שלמה המלך ומלכת שבא
The Queen of Sheba arrives with a great train of camels, spices, gold and precious stones to test Solomon with hard questions.
- Verse
- 1 Kings 10:1–13 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
2 Kings
Elijah's Ascension BOI 2011
ויעל אליהו בסערה השמים
A chariot of fire and horses of fire part the two prophets, and Elijah goes up in the whirlwind — the coin's Hebrew name quotes the verse.
- Verse
- 2 Kings 2:11 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
Isaiah
Wolf and Lamb BOI 2007
וגר זאב עם כבש
Isaiah's vision of the age to come: the wolf dwelling with the lamb, a little child leading them — the coin's Hebrew name is the verse itself.
- Verse
- Isaiah 11:6 inferred
- Reading
- Nevi'im
Jonah
Jonah in the Fish BOI 2010
יונה במעי הדג
Swallowed by the great fish, Jonah prays from its belly — the haftarah of Yom Kippur afternoon.
- Verse
- Jonah 1:17–2:11 inferred
- Reading
- Read at Mincha on Yom Kippur
Ruth
Ruth in Boaz's Field BOI 2020
רות בשדה בועז
Ruth gleans behind the reapers in the field of Boaz, who orders his men to leave her extra ears of grain.
- Verse
- Ruth 2 inferred
- Reading
- Read on Shavuot — Megillat Ruth
Daniel
Daniel in the Lions' Den BOI 2012
דניאל בגוב האריות
Daniel spends the night in the lions' den, protected by the angel, and is lifted out unharmed at dawn.
- Verse
- Daniel 6 inferred
- Reading
- Ketuvim
Every coin here is also attached to its verse in the Mega Bible, and the parsha-attached coins appear in their week's row on the Parasha Hub. Coin names, years and designs are the Bank of Israel's; the verse and parsha mappings are inference from the depicted scenes, labelled as such.