Exodus 38:25

25 The silver was given by the members of the community who were counted. It weighed 7,550 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.

Exodus 38:25 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 38:25

And the silver of them that were numbered of the
congregation
This was not the offering of silver, ( Exodus 35:24 ) but what was collected in numbering the people, where everyone of twenty years old and upwards paid half a shekel, ( Exodus 30:12-15 ) the sum

[was] an hundred talents, one thousand seven hundred and threescore
fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
which, according to Brerewood ^F17, make of our money, 37,721 pounds, seventeen shillings, and six pence; according to Waserus ^F18, the whole amounted to 150,887 dollars and a half: and so, according to Lundius ^F19, the sum is so many imperials, and forty five creutzers or cross pennies.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ut supra. (De Ponder & pretiis Vet. Num. c. 4, 5.)
F18 Ut supra. (De Antiqu. Numis. l. 2. c. 18.)
F19 Apud Scheuchzer. Physic. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 253.

Exodus 38:25 In-Context

23 Oholiab son of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan helped him. He could cut designs into metal and stone; he was a designer and also skilled at sewing the blue, purple, and red thread, and fine linen.

24 The total amount of gold used to build the Holy Tent was presented to the Lord. It weighed over 2,000 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.

25 The silver was given by the members of the community who were counted. It weighed 7,550 pounds, as set by the Holy Place measure.

26 All the men twenty years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay one-fifth of an ounce of silver, as set by the Holy Place measure.

27 Of this silver, 7,500 pounds were used to make the one hundred bases for the Holy Tent and for the curtain -- 75 pounds of silver in each base.