John Gill Commentary Exodus 25:39

"Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels." — Exodus 25:39 (ASV)

Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these
vessels .
The common talent weighed sixty pounds, but the sacred talent was double, and weighed one hundred and twenty pounds, as says Jarchi, and so Ben Melech: a talent of gold amounted to 5067 pounds, three shillings and ten pence of our money, according to Bishop Cumberland ^F4 .

(Assuming a troy weight of 12 ounces to a pound, and an ounce of gold worth $400 U.S., than a talent would be worth about $600,000. Editor.)

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Of Scripture Weights and Measures, p. 121.