Exodus 38:24
in Exodus 38All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
KJV
All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAll the gold that was occupied for the work, etc. - To be able to ascertain the quantum and value of the gold, silver, and brass, which were employed in the tabernacle, and its different utensils, altars, etc., it will be necessary to enter into the subject in considerable detail. In the course of my notes on this and the preceding book, I have had frequent occasion to speak of the shekel in use among the ancient Hebrews, which, following Dean Prideaux, I have always computed at 3s (shillings), English. As some value it at 2s.
This site's exposition
All the gold that was occupied for the work
on Exodus 38:24-26
The gold came in as an offering and the silver did not. Exodus 30:12-16 fixed the silver at half a shekel from every man numbered, with the rich forbidden to give more and the poor forbidden to give less, and called it a ransom for his soul. The 603,550 men counted here is the same figure Numbers 1:46 reports for the census taken about a year later.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
All the gold that was occupied for the work, in all the work of the place,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Of the holy place - Rather, of the sanctuary. The gold was employed not only in the holy place, but in the most holy place and in the entrance to the tent Exo 36:38. The gold of the offering - The gold of the wave offering. Talents ... the shekel of the sanctuary - The shekel was the common standard of weight and value with the Hebrews: and is probably to be estimated at 220 English grains (just over half an ounce avoirdupois) and its value in silver as 2s. 7d. The shekel of the sanctuary (or, the holy shekel) would seem to denote no more than an exact shekel, “after the king’s weight” 2Sa 14:26, “current money with the merchant” Gen 23:16. In the reign of Joash, a collection similar to that here mentioned, apparently at the same rate of capitation, was made for the repairs of the temple 2Ch 24:9. The tax of later times, called didrachma, στατήρ statēr, Mat 17:27, was not, like this and that of Joash, a collection for a special occasion, but a yearly tax, for the support of the temple, of a whole shekel. See also Exo 30:13. The talent contained 3,000 shekels, as may be gathered from Exo 38:25-26. According to the computation here adopted, the Hebrew talent was 94 2/7 lbs. avoirdupois. The Greek (Aeginetan) talent, from which the Septuagint and most succeeding versions have taken the name “talent,” was 82 1/4 lbs. The original Hebrew word, ככר kı̂kār, would denote a circular mass, and nearly the same word, kerker, was in use among the Egyptians for a mass of metal cast in the form of a massive ring with its weight stamped upon it.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
Look. We learn from the sum mentioned in this verse that a talent consists of three thousand shekalim.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַזָּהָ֗ב | hazahav | the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| הֶֽעָשׂוּי֙ | heasui | that was used | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַמְּלָאכָ֔ה | lamelakhah | for the work | H4399 → | 167 times |
| בְּכֹ֖ל | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מְלֶ֣אכֶת | melekhet | [the] work of | H4399 → | 167 times |
| הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vayhi | and it was | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| זְהַ֣ב | zehav | [the] gold of | H2091 → | 389 times |
| הַתְּנוּפָ֗ה | hatenufah | the wave-offering | H8573 → | 30 times |
| תֵּ֤שַׁע | tesha' | nine | H8672 → | |
| וְעֶשְׂרִים֙ | veesrim | and twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| כִּכָּ֔ר | kikar | talent[s] | H3603 → | 68 times |
| וּשְׁבַ֨ע | usheva' | and seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| מֵא֧וֹת | meot | hundred<s> | H3967 → | 581 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛ים | usheloshim | and thirty | H7970 → | 172 times |
| שֶׁ֖קֶל | shekel | shekel[s] | H8255 → | 88 times |
| בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל | beshekel | by [the] shekel of | H8255 → | 88 times |
| הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ | hakodesh | the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַזָּהָ֗בthe gold
hazahavH2091 →389 times
הֶֽעָשׂוּי֙that was used
heasuiH6213 →2628 times
לַמְּלָאכָ֔הfor the work
lamelakhahH4399 →167 times
בְּכֹ֖לin all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
מְלֶ֣אכֶת[the] work of
melekhetH4399 →167 times
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁthe holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
וַיְהִ֣י׀and it was
vayhiH1961 →3559 times
זְהַ֣ב[the] gold of
zehavH2091 →389 times
הַתְּנוּפָ֗הthe wave-offering
hatenufahH8573 →30 times
תֵּ֤שַׁעnine
tesha'H8672 →
וְעֶשְׂרִים֙and twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
כִּכָּ֔רtalent[s]
kikarH3603 →68 times
וּשְׁבַ֨עand seven
usheva'H7651 →394 times
מֵא֧וֹתhundred<s>
meotH3967 →581 times
וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֛יםand thirty
usheloshimH7970 →172 times
שֶׁ֖קֶלshekel[s]
shekelH8255 →88 times
בְּשֶׁ֥קֶלby [the] shekel of
beshekelH8255 →88 times
הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃the holy place
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 27:25Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
it leads to
- Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 3:47
you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 18:16
You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 30:13
Through
Exodus 25:2“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
- Nehemiah 11:2
And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 2:68
When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.
- 2 Corinthians 9:7
Through
Numbers 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 45:12
The shekel will consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels will equal one mina.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 27:25
Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 45:12
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.