23 With him was (A)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a [a]weaver in violet, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, [b]which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine [c]talents and 730 [d]shekels, according to (B)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And (C)the silver of those of the congregation who were [e]counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:23 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
  2. Exodus 38:24 Lit and it was
  3. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
  4. Exodus 38:24 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  5. Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered

23 with him was Oholiab(A) 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(B) was 29 talents and 730 shekels,[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.(C)

25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census(D) was 100 talents[b] and 1,775 shekels,[c] according to the sanctuary shekel—

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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