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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Exodus 38:25

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;

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

Hebrew Names Version
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:
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;
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 These, are the details of the habitation - the habitation of testimony, which were detailed at the bidding of Moses, - the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 22 So then Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses. 23 And, with him, was Oholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artificer and skilful weaver, - and an embroiderer - in blue, and in purple and in crimson and in fine linen. 24 As for all the gold that was used for, he work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, it came to pass that the gold of the wave-offering was nine-and-twenty talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 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; 26 a bekah per head, that is a half shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for all that passed over to them who had been numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty. 27 And it came to pass that the hundred talents of silver were used for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil, - one hundred sockets with the hundred talents a talent for a socket. 28 And with the thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five, made the hooks for the pillars, - and overlaid their capitals and united them with connecting-rods. 29 And the bronze of the wave-offering, was seventy talents, - and two thousand and four hundred shekels. 30 And he made therewith, the sockets for the opening of the tent of meeting, and the altar of bronze and the grating of bronze which pertained thereto, - and all the utensils 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
and sent the long tunic and brought it in unto their father, and said This, have we found! Examine, we pray thee, whether it is the tunic of thy son, or not!
Genesis 38:18
And he said - What is the pledge that I shall give thee? And She said - Thy signet-ring, and thy guard, and thy staff that is in thy hand. So he gave them to her and came in unto her and she conceived by him.
Psalms 50:21
These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set thine offences in order before thine eyes.
Jeremiah 2:26
As the shame of a thief when he is found, So, hath been put to shame, the house of Israel, - They, their kings their princes, and their priests and their prophets:
Romans 2:16
In the day on which God judgeth the secrets of men according to my glad-message through Christ Jesus.
1 Corinthians 4:5
So then, not before the fitting time, be judging anything, - until the Lord shall come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and, then, the praise shall come to each one, from God.
Revelation 20:12
And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and, books, were opened, and, another book, was opened, which is, the book, of life; and the dead, were judged, out of the things 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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