Exodus 25:39

39 Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that is used with it.

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. Set them up on it so that they light the space in front of it.

38 The trays and wick cutters must be made out of pure gold.

39 Use 75 pounds of pure gold to make the lampstand and everything that is used with it.

40 "Be sure to make everything just like the pattern I showed you on the mountain.