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24 All the gold that was used for all the work of the sanctuary project (that is, the gold from the wave offering) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[a] measured by the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver received from those who were counted in the census of the community was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, measured by the shekel of the sanctuary. 26 The rate was one beka a head (that is, half a shekel a head), measured by the shekel of the sanctuary. One beka was given by each man as he passed over to those who had been counted—a beka each was given by 603,550 men from twenty years old and older.

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  1. Exodus 38:24 This was more than a ton of gold. The amounts of silver and bronze in verses 25 and 29 are even greater.