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23 Also Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, helped him. Oholiab was a skilled worker and designer. He was skilled at weaving fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn.

24 The people gave over a ton[a] of gold as an offering to the Lord for his holy place. (This was weighed using the official measure.)

25-26 All the men 20 years old or older were counted. Each man had to pay a tax of 1 beka[b] of silver. (Using the official measure, 1 beka is 1/2 shekel.[c]) There were 603,550 men. So they collected about 7550 pounds of silver.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:24 ton Literally, “29 talents and 730 shekels.”
  2. Exodus 38:25 beka About 1/5 of an ounce (6 g).
  3. Exodus 38:25 shekel Two-fifths of an ounce (11.5 g).

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