OLD TESTAMENT

Exodus 38:24

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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, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 24. Gifts, voluntarily. The following verse mentions what arose from the tax of half a sicle per head. Calmet. 30:13.

EXPLANATION

A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces.

EXPLANATION

A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces.

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