Exodus 38:29

29 aeris quoque oblata sunt talenta septuaginta duo milia et quadringenti supra sicli

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 centum bases factae sunt de talentis centum singulis talentis per bases singulas supputatis

28 de mille autem septingentis et septuaginta quinque fecit capita columnarum quas et ipsas vestivit argento

29 aeris quoque oblata sunt talenta septuaginta duo milia et quadringenti supra sicli

30 ex quibus fusae sunt bases in introitu tabernaculi testimonii et altare aeneum cum craticula sua omniaque vasa quae ad usum eius pertinent

31 et bases atrii tam in circuitu quam in ingressu eius et paxilli tabernaculi atque atrii per gyrum