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Exodus 38:29

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

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.
Berean Standard Bible
The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 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.
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

21 These are the instruments of the tabernacle of the testimony, which were counted according to the commandment of Moses, in the ceremonies of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest: 22 Which Beseleel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur of the tribe of Juda, had made, as the Lord commanded by Moses. 23 Having for his companion Ooliab, the son of Achisamech, of the tribe of Dan: who also was an excellent artificer in wood, and worker in tapestry and embroidery in violet, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold that was spent in the work of the sanctuary, and that was offered in gifts, was nine and twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty sicles according to the standard of the sanctuary. 25 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. 26 There were moreover a hundred talents of silver, whereof were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and of the entry where the veil hangeth. 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.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 46:12
The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:20
And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of the Zarites.
Ruth 4:12
And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.
1 Chronicles 2:4
And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.
1 Chronicles 9:4
Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of Amri, the son of Omrai, the son of Bonni of the sons of Phares the son of Juda.
Nehemiah 11:4
And in Jerusalem there dwelt some of the children of Juda, and some of the children of Benjamin: of the children of Juda, Athaias the son of Aziam, the son of Zacharias, the son of Amarias, the son of Saphatias, the son of Malaleel: of the sons of Phares,
Nehemiah 11:6
All these the sons of Phares, who dwelt in Jerusalem, were four hundred sixty-eight valiant men.
Matthew 1:3
And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.
Luke 3:33
Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas,

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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