Exodus 38:24

Exodus 38:24

All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.

1. “All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering…”

a. The offering referred to here is the offering of Leviticus 25 where God commanded Moses to take an offering of the people to acquire the materials to build the Tabernacle.

1). Exodus 25:1-9 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering.

And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass,

And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair,

And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood,

Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,

Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate.

And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.

According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

2. “…even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”

a. talent [Unger’s: equal to 93 lbs. and12 ounces.] [AMG Complete Word Study Dictionary of the Old Testament: a talent is 75 lbs.]

b. shekel [8255 * seqel][AMG Complete Word Study Of the Old Testament: It was a unit of weight for metals that was probably around twelve grams or one-half ounce.]

c. Today’s [1/30/13]price for gold per ounce is $1678.00. Adding Unger’s figures of a talent = 93 lbs and 12 ounces, adds up to 1500 ounces X $1678.00 = $2,517,000. Add in the 730 shekels of gold that equals 35 more ounces adding up to $612,470. The total in gold at today’s price is $3,129,470.