Exodus 25:39

39 The lampstand^[a] with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds^[b] of pure gold.

Exodus 25:39 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:39

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these
vessels.
] The common talent weighed sixty pounds, but the sacred talent was double, and weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, as says Jarchi, and so Ben Melech: a talent of gold amounted to 5067 pounds, three shillings and ten pence of our money, according to Bishop Cumberland ^F4.

(Assuming a troy weight of 12 ounces to a pound, and an ounce of gold worth $400 U.S., than a talent would be worth about $600,000. Editor.)

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Of Scripture Weights and Measures, p. 121.

Exodus 25:39 In-Context

37 "Make seven lamps on it. Its lamps are to be set up so they illuminate the area in front of it.

38 Its snuffers and firepans must be of pure gold.

39 The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds of pure gold.

40 Be careful to make [everything] according to the model of them you have been shown on the mountain.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit It
• [b]. Lit a talent