Exodus 38:25

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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,

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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 sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, "We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son's robe or not."

Genesis 38:18
"What pledge should I give you?" he asked. She answered, "Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand." So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.

Psalms 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I Myself will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Jeremiah 2:26
As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

Romans 2:16
This will come to pass on that day when God will judge men's secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men's hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the book of life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

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.