Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 38:29
And the brass of the offering [was] seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
29 31. The bronze. This weighed 212,400 shekels, or (see, for the standard of copper or bronze, DB. iv. 906 a ) 108,749 oz. av. (= c. 3 tons).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
According to the estimate of the shekel that has here been adopted, the weight of the metals mentioned in this chapter would be nearly as follows, in avoirdupois weight:
| Gold | 1 ton | 4 cwt. | 2 qrs. | 13 lbs. |
| Silver | 4 tons | 4 cwt. | 2 qrs. | 20 lbs. |
| Bronze | 2 tons | 19 cwt. | 2 qrs. | 11 lbs. |
The value of the gold, if pure, in our money would be 175,075 British pounds, 13 shillings, and of the silver, 38,034 British pounds, 15 shillings 10d. These quantities of the precious metals come quite within the limits of probability, if we consider the condition of the Israelites when they left Egypt (see Exo 25:3 note), and the object for which the collection was made. Many have remarked that the quantities collected for the tabernacle are insignificant when compared with the hoards of gold and silver collected in the East in recent times, as well as in ancient times.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. Which, according to Paris weight, were 6177 pounds, ten ounces, two drachms, and sixty four grains w: this might be had from the neighbouring mountains of Arabia, where it is said x the metals of brass and iron were first dug.
w Vid. Scheuchzer, ut supra. (Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.) x Aristeas de 72. interpret. p. 42. Vid. Hieron. de loc. Hebr. fol. 90. A.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(29) The brass of the offeringi.e., the bronze which the people had offered in consequence of the invitation addressed to them by Moses (Exo. 30:5; Exo. 30:24).
Seventy talents.No great quantity was needed, since bronze was only required for the laver, for the altar of burnt offering and its vessels, for the sockets of the Tabernacle gate, for those of the court, and for the pins, or pegs, both of the court and the Tabernacle.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
38:29 And the brass of the offering [was] seventy {e} talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
(e) Read the weight of a talent, Exo 25:39.