Exodus 25:39

39 It shall be made, with all these utensils, out of a talent^[a] 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 You shall make seven lamps for it. And the lamps shall be set up so as to give light on the space in front of it.

38 Its tongs and their trays shall be of pure gold.

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

40 And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain.

Footnotes

• [a] 25:39 A 'talent' was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms