24 The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary(A) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(B)

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  1. Exodus 38:24 The weight of the gold was a little over a ton or about 1 metric ton.

16 When they are a month old,(A) you must redeem them at the redemption price set at five shekels[a](B) of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel,(C) which weighs twenty gerahs.(D)

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  1. Numbers 18:16 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

47 collect five shekels[a](A) for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel,(B) which weighs twenty gerahs.(C)

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  1. Numbers 3:47 That is, about 2 ounces or about 58 grams

25 Every value is to be set according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) twenty gerahs(B) to the shekel.

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‘The silver is mine and the gold(A) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty.

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With all my resources I have provided for the temple of my God—gold(A) for the gold work, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise,[a](B) stones of various colors, and all kinds of fine stone and marble—all of these in large quantities.(C) Besides, in my devotion to the temple of my God I now give my personal treasures of gold and silver for the temple of my God, over and above everything I have provided(D) for this holy temple: three thousand talents[b] of gold (gold of Ophir)(E) and seven thousand talents[c] of refined silver,(F) for the overlaying of the walls of the buildings, for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now, who is willing to consecrate themselves to the Lord today?”

Then the leaders of families, the officers of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and the officials(G) in charge of the king’s work gave willingly.(H) They(I) gave toward the work on the temple of God five thousand talents[d] and ten thousand darics[e] of gold, ten thousand talents[f] of silver, eighteen thousand talents[g] of bronze and a hundred thousand talents[h] of iron.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 29:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. 1 Chronicles 29:4 That is, about 110 tons or about 100 metric tons
  3. 1 Chronicles 29:4 That is, about 260 tons or about 235 metric tons
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 190 tons or about 170 metric tons
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 185 pounds or about 84 kilograms
  6. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 380 tons or about 340 metric tons
  7. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 675 tons or about 610 metric tons
  8. 1 Chronicles 29:7 That is, about 3,800 tons or about 3,400 metric tons

set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels[a] of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel[b];(A)

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  1. Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 1 1/4 pounds or about 575 grams; also in verse 16
  2. Leviticus 27:3 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams; also in verse 25

15 “When anyone is unfaithful to the Lord by sinning unintentionally(A) in regard to any of the Lord’s holy things, they are to bring to the Lord as a penalty(B) a ram(C) from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value in silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.[a](D) It is a guilt offering.(E)

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  1. Leviticus 5:15 That is, about 2/5 ounce or about 12 grams

22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord.

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24 500 shekels(A) of cassia(B)—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin[a] of olive oil.

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  1. Exodus 30:24 That is, probably about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters

13 Each one who crosses over to those already counted is to give a half shekel,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel,(A) which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the Lord. 14 All who cross over, those twenty years old or more,(B) are to give an offering to the Lord.

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  1. Exodus 30:13 That is, about 1/5 ounce or about 5.8 grams; also in verse 15

24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and have them wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.(A)

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“Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts(A) them to give.

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14 “I have taken great pains to provide for the temple of the Lord a hundred thousand talents[a] of gold, a million talents[b] of silver, quantities of bronze and iron too great to be weighed, and wood and stone. And you may add to them.(A) 15 You have many workers: stonecutters, masons and carpenters,(B) as well as those skilled in every kind of work 16 in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen(C) beyond number. Now begin the work, and the Lord be with you.”

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  1. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 3,750 tons or about 3,400 metric tons
  2. 1 Chronicles 22:14 That is, about 37,500 tons or about 34,000 metric tons

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