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Exodus 38:25 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: "
Exodus 38:25
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23 With him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen.
24 All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
25 The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
26 a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for everyone who passed over to those who were counted, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty men.
27 The one hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil: one hundred sockets for the one hundred talents, one talent per socket.
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Exodus 38:1
"He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits."
Exodus 38:2
"He made its horns on its four corners. Its horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze."
Exodus 38:3
"He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze."
Exodus 38:4
"He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up."
Exodus 38:5
"He cast four rings for the four corners of bronze grating, to be places for the poles."
Exodus 38:6
"He made the poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with bronze."
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