Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



All the gold from the offerings presented to Jehovah used in building the holy place weighed over two thousand one hundred and ninety three pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. The silver collected when the census of the community was taken weighed seven thousand five hundred and forty four pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. This amounted to one-fifth of an ounce per person, for everyone counted who was at least twenty years old. There were six hundred and three thousand five hundred and fifty people. read more.
He used seven thousand five hundred pounds of silver to cast the one hundred bases for the holy place and the canopy. That came to seventy-five pounds per base. Bezalel used forty-four pounds of silver to make the hooks and bands for the posts and the coverings for the tops of the posts. The offerings presented to Jehovah weighted five thousand three hundred and ten pounds. He used this to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the copper altar with its copper grate and all its accessories, the bases all around the courtyard, the bases for the entrance to the courtyard, all the pegs for the tent, and all the pegs for the surrounding courtyard.