Exodus 38:29

29 And there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred sicles besides,

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 A hundred sockets were made of a hundred talents, one talent being reckoned for every socket.

28 And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy- five he made the heads of the pillars, which also he overlaid with silver.

29 And there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred sicles besides,

30 Of which were cast the sockets in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony, and the altar of brass with the grate thereof, and also the vessels that belong to the use thereof.

31 And the sockets of the court as well round about as in the entry thereof, and the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about.