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Exodus 38:29

The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Brass;   Tabernacle;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Brass, or Copper;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Weights;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Money;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.
King James Version
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Lexham English Bible
And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
New Century Version
The bronze which was presented to the Lord weighed about 5,000 pounds.
New English Translation
The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.
Amplified Bible
The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.
New American Standard Bible
And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also the brasse of the offering was seuentie talents, and two thousande, and foure hundreth shekels.
Legacy Standard Bible
The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
Contemporary English Version
Five thousand three hundred pounds of bronze were given.
Complete Jewish Bible
The bronze in the offering came to 4,680 pounds.
Darby Translation
And the copper of the wave-offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.
Easy-to-Read Version
They gave more than 2 1/2 tons of bronze.
English Standard Version
The bronze that was offered was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels;
George Lamsa Translation
And the total sum of the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Good News Translation
The bronze which was dedicated to the Lord amounted to 5,310 pounds.
Christian Standard Bible®
The bronze of the presentation offering totaled 5,310 pounds.
Literal Translation
And the bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As for the Waue offerynge of brasse, it was seuentye hundreth weight, two thousande and foure hundreth Sycles:
American Standard Version
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Bible in Basic English
The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the brasse of the waue offeryng was three score & ten talentes, and two thousande and foure hundred sicles.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
King James Version (1611)
And the brasse of the offring was seuentie talents, and two thousand and foure hundred shekels.
English Revised Version
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also of bras weren offrid `thre scoor and twelue thousynde talentis, and foure hundrid siclis ouer.
Young's Literal Translation
And the brass of the wave-offering [is] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;
Update Bible Version
And the bronze of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
World English Bible
The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels.
New King James Version
The offering of bronze was seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.
New Living Translation
The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds of bronze,
New Life Bible
The brass that was given weighed as much as thirty men.
New Revised Standard
The bronze that was contributed was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the bronze of the wave-offering, was seventy talents, - and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were offered of brass also seventy-two thousand talents, and four hundred sicles besides,
Revised Standard Version
And the bronze that was contributed was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels;
THE MESSAGE
Bronze. The bronze that was brought in weighed 4,522 pounds. It was used to make the door of the Tent of Meeting, the Bronze Altar with its bronze grating, all the utensils of the Altar, the bases around the Courtyard, the bases for the gate of the Courtyard, and all the pegs for The Dwelling and the Courtyard.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

Contextual Overview

21This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the Tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses' command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. 22Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the LORD had commanded Moses. 23With him was Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, designer, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen. 24All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. 25The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel- 26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men. 27The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the curtain-100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base. 28With the 1,775 shekels of silver, he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them. 29The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.30He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:20
These were the descendants of Judah by their clans: The Shelanite clan from Shelah, the Perezite clan from Perez, the Zerahite clan from Zerah.
Ruth 4:12
And may your house become like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring the LORD will give you by this young woman."
1 Chronicles 2:4
Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
1 Chronicles 9:4
Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
Nehemiah 11:4
while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
Nehemiah 11:6
The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
Luke 3:33
the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 w: this might be had from the neighbouring mountains of Arabia, where it is said x the metals of brass and iron were first dug.

w Vid. Scheuchzer, ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.) x Aristeas de 72. interpret. p. 42. Vid. Hieron. de loc. Hebr. fol. 90. A.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

According to the estimate of the shekel that has here been adopted, the weight of the metals mentioned in this chapter would be nearly as follows, in avoirdupois weight:



Gold 1 ton 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 13 lbs.
Silver 4 tons 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 20 lbs.
Bronze 2 tons 19 cwt. 2 qrs. 11 lbs.



The value of the gold, if pure, in our money would be 175,075 British pounds, 13 shillings, and of the silver, 38,034 British pounds, 15 shillings 10d. These quantities of the precious metals come quite within the limits of probability, if we consider the condition of the Israelites when they left Egypt (see Exodus 25:3 note), and the object for which the collection was made. Many have remarked that the quantities collected for the tabernacle are insignificant when compared with the hoards of gold and silver collected in the East in recent times, as well as in ancient times.




 
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