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God's Precise Provision
Commentators explain that the amount of bronze collected was not arbitrary. It was the specific quantity needed for the altar of burnt offering, the laver for washing, and the sockets and pegs for the tabernacle and its court. This highlights God's detailed planning and the people's sufficient response to the call for offerings.
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 38:29
18th Century
Theologian
The value of the gold, if pure, in our money would be 175,075 British pounds, 13 shillings, and of the silver, 38,034 British pounds, 15 shillings …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 38:29
19th Century
Bishop
The brass of the offering —i.e., the bronze which the people had offered in consequence of the invitation addressed to them by Mos…
John Gill
On Exodus 38:29
17th Century
Pastor
And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand four hundred shekels. Which, according to Paris weigh…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 38:21–31
17th Century
Minister
The foundation of solid pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded.
Let us regard the Lor…