Exodus 38:29

29 And the brass of the wave-offering [is] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

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 And a hundred talents of silver are to cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; a hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket;

28 and the thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy he hath made pegs for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and filleted them.

29 And the brass of the wave-offering [is] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;

30 and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar,

31 and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about.