All the gold from the wave offering used for the work on the sanctuary totaled 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents, and seven hundred thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV All the gold that was used in all the work of the holy place, that is, the gold of the offering, was twenty-nine talents and seven hundred and thirty shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
- NASB All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, which was the gold of the wave offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
- NLT The people brought special offerings of gold totaling 2,193 pounds, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel. This gold was used throughout the Tabernacle.
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Quick answer
This records the total gold used in the sanctuary, about twenty-nine talents and seven hundred thirty shekels of freely offered gold. The wealth devoted to God's house was immense.
Overview
The 'gold of the offering' was given willingly by the people (Exodus 35:22), and the precise tally testifies to its careful use. Such an enormous quantity of precious metal, weighed by the sanctuary standard, reflects both Israel's generosity and the high honor due to the place where God would meet them. It points forward to the priceless cost of true redemption, accomplished not with gold or silver but with the precious blood of Christ (1 Peter 1:18-19).
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- Lev 27:25Every valuation will be according to the sanctuary shekel, twenty gerahs to the shekel.
- Num 3:47you are to collect five shekels for each one, according to the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs.
- Num 18:16You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
- Exod 30:24500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
- Lev 27:3if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Exod 25:2“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- 1 Chr 29:2–7Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.
- Exod 29:24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Exod 35:22So all who had willing hearts, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings, rings and necklaces, and all kinds of gold jewelry. And they all presented their gold as a wave offering to the LORD.
- Lev 5:15“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.
- Exod 30:13–14Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Hag 2:8The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.
- 1 Chr 22:14–16Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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