Exodus 38:25

25 The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard. ¹

Exodus 38:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 38:25

And the silver of them that were numbered of the
congregation
This was not the offering of silver, ( Exodus 35:24 ) but what was collected in numbering the people, where everyone of twenty years old and upwards paid half a shekel, ( Exodus 30:12-15 ) the sum

[was] an hundred talents, one thousand seven hundred and threescore
fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
which, according to Brerewood ^F17, make of our money, 37,721 pounds, seventeen shillings, and six pence; according to Waserus ^F18, the whole amounted to 150,887 dollars and a half: and so, according to Lundius ^F19, the sum is so many imperials, and forty five creutzers or cross pennies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ut supra. (De Ponder & pretiis Vet. Num. c. 4, 5.)
F18 Ut supra. (De Antiqu. Numis. l. 2. c. 18.)
F19 Apud Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.

Exodus 38:25 In-Context

23 His helper, Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, was an engraver, a designer, and a weaver of fine linen and of blue, purple, and red wool.

24 All the gold that had been dedicated to the Lord for the sacred Tent weighed 2,195 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.

25 The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.

26 This amount equaled the total paid by all persons enrolled in the census, each one paying the required amount, weighed according to the official standard. There were 603,550 men twenty years old or older enrolled in the census.

27 Of the silver, 7,500 pounds were used to make the hundred bases for the sacred Tent and for the curtain, 75 pounds for each base.

Cross References

• 1. 38.25, 26Exodus 30.11-16.