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24 All the gold that was used for the work, in all the construction of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was twenty-nine talents and 730 shekels,[a] by (A)the shekel of the sanctuary. 25 The silver from those of the congregation who were recorded was a hundred talents and 1,775 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary: 26 a (B)beka[b] a head (that is, half a shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone who was listed in the records, from twenty years old and upwards, for (C)603,550 men.

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  1. Exodus 38:24 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms; a shekel was about 2/5 of an ounce or 11 grams
  2. Exodus 38:26 A beka was about 1/5 of an ounce or 5.5 grams