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An Immense Contribution
Commentators calculate the total weight of the silver vessels at 2,400 sanctuary shekels. While their estimates of modern monetary equivalents vary, they agree the sum was significant. One scholar notes that the true value was much greater than a simple currency conversion, as its purchasing power for goods and services in that era would have been immense.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 7:84–88
18th Century
Theologian
The aggregate worth, by weight, of all the offerings was about 438 British pounds. But the real worth of such a sum, when measured by the prices of…
John Gill
On Numbers 7:85
17th Century
Pastor
Each charger of silver [weighing] an hundred and thirty
[shekels], each bowl seventy (See Gill on Numbers 7:13);
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 7:10–89
17th Century
Minister
The princes and great men were at the forefront in the service of God. Here is an example to those in authority, and of the highest rank; they shou…