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Contemporary English Version

Exodus 38:29

Five thousand three hundred pounds of bronze were given.

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.
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.
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

21Bezalel had worked closely with Oholiab, who was an expert at designing and engraving, and at embroidering blue, purple, and red wool. The two of them completed the work that the Lord had commanded. Moses made Aaron's son Ithamar responsible for keeping record of the metals used for the sacred tent. 24 According to the official weights, the amount of gold given was two thousand two hundred nine pounds, 25 and the silver that was collected when the people were counted came to seven thousand five hundred fifty pounds. 26 Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older. 27 Seventy-five pounds of the silver were used to make each of the one hundred stands for the sacred tent and the curtain. 28 The remaining fifty pounds of silver were used for the hooks and rods and for covering the tops of the posts. 29 Five thousand three hundred pounds of bronze were given. 30 And it was used to make the stands for the entrance to the tent, the altar and its grating, the equipment for the altar, 31 the stands for the posts that surrounded the courtyard, including those at the entrance to the courtyard, and the pegs for the tent and the courtyard.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Ruth 4:12
May the children you have by this young woman make your family as famous as the family of Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah.
1 Chronicles 2:4
Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar also had two sons: Perez and Zerah.
1 Chronicles 9:4
There were six hundred ninety people from the Judah tribe who settled in Jerusalem. They were all descendants of Judah's three sons: Perez, Shelah, and Zerah. Their leaders were Uthai, Asaiah, and Jeuel. Uthai was the son of Ammihud and a descendant of Omri, Imri, Bani, and Perez. Asaiah was a descendant of Shelah; Jeuel was a descendant of Zerah.
Nehemiah 11:4
From the Judah tribe, two leaders settled in Jerusalem with their relatives. One of them was Athaiah son of Uzziah. His ancestors were Zechariah, Amariah, Shephatiah, Mahalalel, and Perez, the son of Judah. From the descendants of Perez, four hundred sixty-eight of the best men lived in Jerusalem. The other leader from Judah was Maaseiah the son of Baruch. His ancestors were Colhozeh, Hazaiah, Adaiah, Joiarib, Zechariah, and Shelah, the son of Judah.
Luke 3:33
Amminadab, Admin, Arni, Hezron, Perez, 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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