Exodus 25:39

39 A talent^[a] of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.

Exodus 25:39 in Other Translations

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

39 It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent of pure gold.

39 You will need 75 pounds of pure gold for the lampstand and its accessories.

39 "Use a seventy-five-pound brick of pure gold to make the Lampstand and its accessories.

39 The lampstand with all these utensils is to be made from 75 pounds 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 “Then make its seven lamps and set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.

38 Its wick trimmers and trays are to be of pure gold.

39 A talent of pure gold is to be used for the lampstand and all these accessories.

40 See that you make them according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms