Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 25:39
[Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
39. a talent ] probably ( DB. iv. 903 b , 906 a ) 673, 500 grs. = c. 96 lb. avoirdupois, worth, at the present value of gold, c. 5460.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 39. Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.] That is, a talent of gold in weight was used in making the candlestick, and the different vessels and instruments which belonged to it. According to Bishop Cumberland, a talent was three thousand shekels. As the Israelites brought each half a shekel, Ex 38:26, so that one hundred talents, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, were contributed by six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty persons; by halving the number of the Israelites, he finds they contributed three hundred and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in all. Now, as we find that this number of shekels made one hundred talents, and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels over, if we subtract one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, the odd shekels, from three hundred and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, we shall have for a remainder three hundred thousand, the number of shekels in one hundred talents: and if this remainder be divided by one hundred, the number of talents, it quotes three thousand, the number of shekels in each talent. A silver shekel of the sanctuary, being equal, according to Dr. Prideaux, to three shillings English, three thousand such shekels will amount to four hundred and fifty pounds sterling; and, reckoning gold to silver as fifteen to one, a talent of gold will amount to six thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds sterling: to which add two hundred and sixty-three pounds for the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, at three shillings each, and it makes a total of seven thousand and thirteen pounds, which immense sum was expended on the candlestick and its furniture. It is no wonder, then, (if the candlestick in the second temple was equal in value to that in the ancient tabernacle,) that Titus should think it of sufficient consequence to be one of the articles, with the golden table, and silver trumpets, that should be employed to grace his triumph. Their intrinsic worth was a matter of no consequence to Him whose are the silver and gold, the earth and its fulness; they had accomplished their design, and were of no farther use, either in the kingdom of providence, or the kingdom of grace. See Clarke on Ex 25:31, and “Ex 38:24“.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
A talent contains three thousand shekels, Exo 38 25, or one hundred and twenty-five pounds.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
39. a talent of pure goldinweight equivalent to 125 lbs. troy.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. The common talent weighed sixty pounds, but the sacred talent was double, and weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, as says Jarchi, and so Ben Melech: a talent of gold amounted to 5067 pounds, three shillings and ten pence of our money, according to Bishop Cumberland d.
(Assuming a troy weight of 12 ounces to a pound, and an ounce of gold worth $400 U.S., than a talent would be worth about $600,000. Editor.)
d Of Scripture Weights and Measures, p. 121.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(39) Of a talent of pure gold.There are various estimates of the value and weight of the Hebrew gold talent, but none of them places it much below 4,000 of our money. Some carry the estimate as high as 10,000 or 11,000.
Shall he make it.He refers to the artificer by whom the candlestick would be constructed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 25:39. A talent of pure gold A talent was 3000 shekels, as may be collected by halving the number of the Israelites, (because each brought half a shekel,) which half is 301,775, and is the sum of the shekels which they all contributed. Now, Moses assures us, ch. Exo 38:25-26 that these shekels amounted to 100 talents and 1775 shekels over; wherefore that number which, dividing 301,775, will quote 100, and leave 1775, is the number of shekels in a talent: but, 3000 only will do this; therefore 3000 shekels was a talent. Now, a silver shekel being computed at 2s. 4d. English, a talent or 3000 such shekels will amount to 350. and reckoning gold to silver as 15 to 1, the talent of gold will amount to 5250. sterling. Cumberland’s Scripture Weights, ch. 4.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Exo 25:39 [Of] a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
Ver. 39. Of a talent of pure gold, ] i.e., Of a hundred and twenty pounds’ weight.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
talent. See App-61. shall he. The reading called Sevir (see App-34) reads “shalt thou”; so some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, and Syriac.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
talent: Exo 37:24, Zec 5:7
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
25:39 [Of] a {k} talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels.
(k) This was the talent weight of the temple, and weighed 120 pounds.