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25-26 The amount of silver used was 9,575 pounds, which came from the fifty-cent head tax collected from all those registered in the census who were twenty years old or older, a total of 603,550 men. 27 The bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the veil required 9,500 pounds of silver, 95 pounds[a] for each socket.

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  1. Exodus 38:27 95 pounds, literally, “a talent.” The exact weight cannot be ascertained.

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