Exodus 38:28
26 a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
27 The hundred talents of silver were used to cast the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent per base.
With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
29 The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
30 He used it to make the bases for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, the bronze altar and its bronze grating, all the utensils for the altar,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- With the 1,775 shekels of silver he made the hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and supplied bands for them.
- KJV
- And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them.
- WEB
- From the one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
- ASV
- And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five [shekels] he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and made fillets for them.
- DARBY
- And of the thousand seven hundred and seventy-five [shekels] he made the hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and fastened them [with rods].
- BLB
- And the thousand and the seven hundred and five and seventy [shekels] he made the hooks for the pillars, and he overlaid their tops, and he made bands for them.
- ÅB
- Og de tusen, syv hundre og fem og sytti sekel brukte de til hakene på stolpene, til å klæ stolpehodene og til å sammenbinde dem med stenger.
- OTB
- De 1 775 seklene ble brukt til å lage kroker for stolpene, til å overtrekke toppene deres, og til å lage bånd for dem.
- B1930
- Og de tusen, syv hundre og fem og sytti sekel brukte de til hakene på stolpene, til å klæ stolpehodene og til å sammenbinde dem med stenger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 27:17
All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
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