Bible Strands
Exodus 38:25
The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel—
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses records the aggregate silver contribution immediately after detailing the gold tally for the tabernacle. The passage reports the total amount brought by the numbered congregation following the census.
The words — כֶּסֶף (khe-sef) identifies the collected silver, while כִּכָּר (ki-kar) designates the talent weight used for the accounting.
The thread — This silver total follows the gold report in Exodus 38:24 and precedes the per-capita half-shekel calculation in Exodus 38:26. The same sanctuary shekel standard governs the census ransom in Exodus 30:13.
Why it lands — The text requires measuring communal resources against a fixed sacred standard rather than individual capacity. It demands precise accounting without embellishment before the materials are allocated to sanctuary work.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
Cross-references
- Exodus 30:12 “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.