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25-26 All the men 20 years old or older were counted. Each man had to pay a tax of 1 beka[a] of silver. (Using the official measure, 1 beka is 1/2 shekel.[b]) There were 603,550 men. So they collected about 7550 pounds of silver. 27 They used most of the silver to make 100 bases for the Holy Tent and its curtains, 75 pounds[c] for each base.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:25 beka About 1/5 of an ounce (6 g).
  2. Exodus 38:25 shekel Two-fifths of an ounce (11.5 g).
  3. Exodus 38:27 75 pounds Literally, “1 talent” (34.5 kg).

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