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21 These are the amounts of materials used for the tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh commanded Moses. 23 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.

24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents[a] and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel[b] of the sanctuary. 25 The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents[c] and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels,[d] according to the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a beka[e] a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel[f] of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 27 The one hundred talents[g] of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket. 28 From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels[h] he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. 29 The bronze of the offering was seventy talents[i] and two thousand four hundred shekels.[j] 30 With this he made the sockets to the door of the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, all the vessels of the altar, 31 the sockets around the court, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.

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Footnotes

  1. 38:24 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.
  2. 38:24 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.
  3. 38:25 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
  4. 38:25 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  5. 38:26 a beka is about 5 grams or about 0.175 ounces
  6. 38:26 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
  7. 38:27 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds.
  8. 38:28 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1775 shekels is about 17.75 kilograms or about 39 pounds.
  9. 38:29 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds
  10. 38:29 70 talents + 2400 shekels is about 2124 kilograms, or 2.124 metric tons.

The Cost of the Tabernacle

21 [a]This is the number of the things for the [b]tabernacle, the [c]tabernacle of the testimony, as they were [d]counted according to the [e]command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 22 Now (A)Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 With him was (B)Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a [f]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, [g]which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine [h]talents and 730 [i]shekels, according to (C)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 And (D)the silver of those of the congregation who were [j]counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 (E)a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), assessed to each one who passed over to those who were [k]counted, from twenty years old and upward, for (F)603,550 men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil; a hundred bases for the hundred talents, a talent for a base. 28 And of the 1,775 shekels, he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops and made [l]bands for them. 29 And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. 30 With it he made the bases to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, 31 and the bases of the courtyard all around and the bases of the gate of the courtyard, and all the pegs of the [m]tabernacle and all the pegs of the courtyard all around.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:21 Lit These are the appointed things of the tabernacle
  2. Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
  3. Exodus 38:21 Lit dwelling place
  4. Exodus 38:21 Lit appointed
  5. Exodus 38:21 Lit mouth
  6. Exodus 38:23 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
  7. Exodus 38:24 Lit and it was
  8. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 lb. or 34 kg
  9. Exodus 38:24 A shekel was about 0.5 oz. or 14 gm
  10. Exodus 38:25 Lit mustered
  11. Exodus 38:26 Lit mustered
  12. Exodus 38:28 Or rings
  13. Exodus 38:31 Lit dwelling place