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Exodus 38:29

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The bronze from the wave offering totaled 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 29

Here is an account, I. Of the making of the brazen altar (Exo 38:1-7), and the laver (Exo 38:8). II. The preparing of the hangings for the enclosing of the court in which the tabernacle was to stand (Exo 38:9-20). III. A summary of the gold, silver, and brass, that was contributed to, and used in, the preparing of the tabernacle (Exo 38:21, etc.).

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Strong's Concordancev. 29

נְחֹשֶׁת (nᵉchôsheth, H5178) — copper, hence, something made of that metal, i.e. coin, a fetter; figuratively, base (as… תְּנוּפָה (tᵉnûwphâh, H8573) — a brandishing (in threat); by implication, tumult; specifically, the official undulation… שִׁבְעִים (shibʻîym, H7657) — seventy כִּכָּר (kikkâr, H3603) — a circle, i.e. (by implication) a circumjacent tract or region, especially the Ghor or… אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, H505) — hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as… אַרְבַּע (ʼarbaʻ, H702) — four מֵאָה (mêʼâh, H3967) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, H8255) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

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