The Materials Used

21 These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law,(A) which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar(B) son of Aaron, the priest. 22 (Bezalel(C) son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23 with him was Oholiab(D) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) 24 The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary(E) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(F)

25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census(G) was 100 talents[b] and 1,775 shekels,[c] according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 one beka per person,(H) that is, half a shekel,[d] according to the sanctuary shekel,(I) from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more,(J) a total of 603,550 men.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.
  2. Exodus 38:25 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons; also in verse 27
  3. Exodus 38:25 That is, about 44 pounds or about 20 kilograms; also in verse 28
  4. Exodus 38:26 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.7 grams

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