Exodus 38:24-26
Modern English Version
24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels,[a] according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents,[b] and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels,[c] according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 26 a bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel,[d] according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who was numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men.
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- Exodus 38:24 A little over a ton, or 1 metric ton.
- Exodus 38:25 About 3¾ tons, or 3.4 metric tons; and in v. 27.
- Exodus 38:25 About 44 pounds, or 20 kilograms; and in v. 28.
- Exodus 38:26 About ⅕ ounce, or 5.7 grams.
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