Exodus 38:24-29

The Metal of the Sanctuary

²⁴ The gold used for all the different work done for the holy place, the gold which was given, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place. ²⁵ And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place. ²⁶ A beka, that is, half a shekel by the holy scale, for everyone who was numbered; there were six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men of twenty years old and over. ²⁷ Of this silver, a hundred talents was used for making the bases of the pillars of the holy place and of the veil; a talent for every base. ²⁸ And a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels of silver was used to make the hooks for the pillars, and for plating the tops of the pillars and for making their bands. ²⁹ The brass which was given was seventy talents, two thousand four hundred shekels;