24 Gold. The total amount of gold used in construction of the Sanctuary, all of it contributed freely, weighed out at 1,900 pounds according to the Sanctuary standard. 25 Silver. The silver from those in the community who were registered in the census came to 6,437 pounds according to the Sanctuary standard 26 - that amounted to a beka, or half-shekel, for every registered person aged twenty and over, a total of 603,550 men. 27 They used the three and one-quarter tons of silver to cast the bases for the Sanctuary and for the hangings, one hundred bases at sixty-four pounds each. 28 They used the remaining thirty-seven pounds to make the connecting hooks on the posts, and the caps and bands for the posts. 29 Bronze. The bronze that was brought in weighed 4,522 pounds.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 38:24-29
Commentary on Exodus 38:21-31
(Read Exodus 38:21-31)
The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the tabernacle. While looking at the altar of burnt-offering, let us see Jesus. In him, his righteousness, and salvation, is a full and sufficient offering for sin. In the laver of regeneration, by his Holy Spirit, let our souls be washed, and they shall be clean; and as the people offered willingly, so may our souls be made willing. Let us be ready to part with any thing, and count all but loss to win Christ.