And the silver from those who were numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary:
Parallel translations
- WEB The silver of those who were counted of the congregation was one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- KJV And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- BSB The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
- NASB And the silver of those of the congregation who were counted was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
- NLT The whole community of Israel gave 7,545 pounds of silver, as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel.
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Quick answer
This totals the silver collected from the census of the congregation. It came as a required offering connected to the counting of the people.
Overview
The silver came from the half-shekel atonement money each counted man paid (Exodus 30:11-16), here totaling one hundred talents and more. Unlike the freewill gold, this was a fixed levy tied to the redemption of each life before God. The exact accounting again shows transparent stewardship, and the silver's origin as 'ransom' money quietly anchors the sanctuary's foundations in the theme of atonement.
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- Exod 30:12“When you take a census of the children of Israel, according to those who are counted among them, then each man shall give a ransom for his soul to Yahweh, when you count them; that there be no plague among them when you count them.
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