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Exodus 38:24 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Exodus 38:24
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses.
And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.
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.
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:
A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty
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Exodus 38:1
"And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height"
Exodus 38:2
"And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass."
Exodus 38:3
"And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass."
Exodus 38:4
"And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst"
Exodus 38:5
"And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves."
Exodus 38:6
"And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass."
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