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Exodus 25:39

in Exodus 25

The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels.

KJV

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.

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This verse in Exodus 25

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. The common talent weighed sixty pounds, but the sacred talent was double, and weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, as says Jarchi, and so Ben Melech: a talent of gold amounted to 5067 pounds, three shillings and ten pence of our money, according to Bishop Cumberland (d). (Assuming a troy weight of 12 ounces to a pound, and an ounce of gold worth $400 U.S., than a talent would be worth about $600,000. Editor.) (d) Of Scripture Weights and Measures, p. 121.

This site's exposition

Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand

on Exodus 25:37-39

Seven lamps burn on it, the only light in the holy place, since the tent has no window. Leviticus 24:2 to 24:4 orders the priests to tend them and keep them burning before the LORD continually.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels - That is, a talent of gold in weight was used in making the candlestick, and the different vessels and instruments which belonged to it. According to Bishop Cumberland, a talent was three thousand shekels.

The words behind it

9 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • כִּכָּ֛רa talent

    kikarH3603 →68 times

  • זָהָ֥בgold

    zahavH2091 →389 times

  • טָה֖וֹרpure

    tahorH2889 →94 times

  • יַעֲשֶׂ֣הsomeone will make

    yaasehH6213 →2628 times

  • אֹתָ֑הּ<obj.> it

    ʾotahH853 →10935 times

  • אֵ֥ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַכֵּלִ֖יםthe articles

    hakelimH3627 →325 times

  • הָאֵֽלֶּה׃<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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