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Hebrew Names Version

Exodus 38:25

The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Silver;   Tabernacle;   Talent;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Talent;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Money;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Talent;   Weights;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Weights and Measures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Money;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Weights and Measures;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Census;   Silver;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jehoash;   Weights and Measures;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Numismatics;   Weights and Measures;  

Parallel Translations

King James Version
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Lexham English Bible
And the silver recorded from the community was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
New Century Version
The silver was given by the members of the community who were counted. It weighed 7,550 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.
New English Translation
The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel,
Amplified Bible
The silver from those of the congregation who were assembled and counted was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
New American Standard Bible
And the silver of those of the congregation who were counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the siluer of them that were numbred in the Congregation, was an hundreth talents, and a thousand seuen hundreth seuentie and fiue shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie.
Legacy Standard Bible
The silver of those of the congregation who were numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
Contemporary English Version
and the silver that was collected when the people were counted came to seven thousand five hundred fifty pounds.
Complete Jewish Bible
The silver given by the community weighed 100 talents 1,775 shekels [6,650 pounds], using the sanctuary shekel.
Darby Translation
And the silver of them that were numbered of the assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
Easy-to-Read Version
All the men 20 years old or older were counted. Each man had to pay a tax of 1 beka of silver. (Using the official measure, 1 beka is 1/2 shekel.) There were 603,550 men. So they collected about 7550 pounds of silver.
English Standard Version
The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
George Lamsa Translation
And the silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
Good News Translation
The silver from the census of the community weighed 7,550 pounds, weighed according to the official standard.
Christian Standard Bible®
The silver from those of the community who were registered was 7,544 pounds, according to the sanctuary shekel—
Literal Translation
And the silver of the numbered ones of the assembly was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The syluer yt came of the congregacion, was fyue score hundreth weight, a thousande, seuen hundreth, fyue and seuentye Sycles, after ye Sycle of the Sanctuary:
American Standard Version
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Bible in Basic English
And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the summe of siluer of them that were numbred in the congregation, was an hundred talentes, and a thousande seuen hundred and three score and fifteene sicles, after the sicle of the sanctuarie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three-score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
King James Version (1611)
And the siluer of them that were numbred of the Congregation, was an hundred talents, and a thousand, seuen hundred and threescore and fifteene shekels, after the shekel of the Sanctuary.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
He made the holy anointing oil and the composition of the incense, the pure work of the perfumer.
English Revised Version
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Berean Standard Bible
The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel-
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe it was offrid of hem that passiden to noumbre fro twenti yeer and aboue, of sixe hundrid and thre thousand, and fyue hundrid and fifty of armed men.
Young's Literal Translation
And the silver of those numbered of the company [is] a hundred talents, and a thousand and seven hundred and five and seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary;
Update Bible Version
And the silver of those that were numbered of the congregation was a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Webster's Bible Translation
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation [was] a hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and seventy five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
World English Bible
The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
New King James Version
And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
New Living Translation
The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.
New Life Bible
The silver given by the people weighed as much as forty men.
New Revised Standard
The silver from those of the congregation who were counted was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, measured by the sanctuary shekel;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the silver of them who were numbered of the assembly, was one hundred talents, - and one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And it was offered by them that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, of six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty men able to bear arms.
Revised Standard Version
And the silver from those of the congregation who were numbered was a hundred talents and a thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary:
THE MESSAGE
Silver. The silver from those in the community who were registered in the census came to 6,437 pounds according to the Sanctuary standard—that amounted to a beka, or half-shekel, for every registered person aged twenty and over, a total of 603,550 men. They used the three and one-quarter tons of silver to cast the bases for the Sanctuary and for the hangings, one hundred bases at sixty-four pounds each. They used the remaining thirty-seven pounds to make the connecting hooks on the posts, and the caps and bands for the posts.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The silver of those of the congregation who were numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

Contextual Overview

21 This is the amount of material used for the tent, even the Tent of the Testimony, as they were counted, according to the mitzvah of Moshe, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Itamar, the son of Aharon the Kohen. 22 Betzal'el the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Yehudah, made all that the LORD commanded Moshe. 23 With him was Oholi'av, the son of Achisamakh, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen. 24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver of those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men. 27 The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, a talent for a socket. 28 Of the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them. 29 The brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. 30 With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:12 - takest Exodus 30:16 - appoint Numbers 26:2 - General 2 Chronicles 25:6 - an hundred talents of silver

Cross-References

Genesis 37:32
They took the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father, and said, "We have found this. Examine it, now, whether it is your son's coat or not."
Genesis 38:18
He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that the "I AM" was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
Jeremiah 2:26
As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Yisra'el ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their Kohanim, and their prophets;
Romans 2:16
in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Yeshua the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
Revelation 20:12
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 the sum

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

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


 
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