Exodus 38:29

29 The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.^[a]

Exodus 38:29 in Other Translations

29 And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

29 The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;

29 The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds of bronze,

29 Bronze. The bronze that was brought in weighed 4,522 pounds.

29 The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.

Exodus 38:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 38:29

And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two
thousand four hundred shekels.
] Which, according to Paris weight, were 6177 pounds, ten ounces, two drachms, and sixty four grains ^F23: this might be had from the neighbouring mountains of Arabia, where it is said ^F24 the metals of brass and iron were first dug.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Vid. Scheuchzer, ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.)
F24 Aristeas de 72. interpret. p. 42. Vid. Hieron. de loc. Hebr. fol. 90. A.

Exodus 38:29 In-Context

27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base.

28 They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands.

29 The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

30 They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils,

31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.

Footnotes

• [a]. The weight of the bronze was about 2 1/2 tons or about 2.4 metric tons.