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New Living Translation

Exodus 38:29

The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds of bronze,

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 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

21 This is an inventory of the materials used in building the Tabernacle of the Covenant. The Levites compiled the figures, as Moses directed, and Ithamar son of Aaron the priest served as recorder. 22 Bezalel son of Uri, grandson of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything just as the Lord had commanded Moses. 23 He was assisted by Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman expert at engraving, designing, and embroidering with blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth. 24 The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle. 25 The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. 26 This silver came from the tax collected from each man registered in the census. (The tax is one beka, which is half a shekel, based on the sanctuary shekel.) The tax was collected from 603,550 men who had reached their twentieth birthday. 27 The hundred bases for the frames of the sanctuary walls and for the posts supporting the inner curtain required 7,500 pounds of silver, about 75 pounds for each base. 28 The remaining 45 pounds of silver was used to make the hooks and rings and to overlay the tops of the posts. 29 The people also brought as special offerings 5,310 pounds of bronze, 30 which was used for casting the bases for the posts at the entrance to the Tabernacle, and for the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all the altar utensils.

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Cross-References

Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (though Er and Onan had died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:20
These were the clans descended from Judah's surviving sons: The Shelanite clan, named after their ancestor Shelah. The Perezite clan, named after their ancestor Perez. The Zerahite clan, named after their ancestor Zerah.
Ruth 4:12
And may the Lord give you descendants by this young woman who will be like those of our ancestor Perez, the son of Tamar and Judah."
1 Chronicles 2:4
Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.
1 Chronicles 9:4
One family that returned was that of Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
Nehemiah 11:4
but some of the people from Judah and Benjamin resettled in Jerusalem.) From the tribe of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the family of Perez.
Nehemiah 11:6
There were 468 descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem—all outstanding men.
Matthew 1:3
Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar). Perez was the father of Hezron. Hezron was the father of Ram.
Luke 3:33
Nahshon was the son of Amminadab. Amminadab was the son of Admin. Admin was the son of Arni. Arni was the son of Hezron. Hezron was the son of Perez. Perez was 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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