Exodus 38:29 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

The bronze that was given as an offering weighed seventy talents and two thousand four hundred shekels.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse records the total amount of bronze donated by the Israelites for building the tabernacle.

📚 Historical Context

This verse appears in the detailed accounting of materials used to build the tabernacle in the wilderness. Moses is recording the exact amounts of precious metals contributed by the Israelites for God's dwelling place. A talent was about 75 pounds, so this represented roughly 5,250 pounds of bronze plus additional smaller amounts.

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