translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: EXO

label: NET study note

text: The word for “serve” is not the ordinary one. It means “to serve in a host,” especially in a war. It appears that women were organized into bands and served at the tent of meeting. S. R. Driver thinks that this meant “no doubt” washing, cleaning, or repairing ( Exodus , 391). But there is no hint of that (see 1 Sam 2:22 ; and see Ps 68:11 [12 Hebrew text]). They seem to have had more to do than what Driver said.


text: There were 3000 shekels in a talent, and so the total weight here in shekels would be 87,730 shekels of gold. If the sanctuary shekel was 224 grs., then this was about 40,940 oz. troy. This is estimated to be a little over a ton (cf. NCV “over 2,000 pounds”; TEV “a thousand kilogrammes”; CEV “two thousand two hundred nine pounds”; NLT “about 2,200 pounds”), although other widely diverging estimates are also given.


text: This would be a total of 301,775 shekels (about 140,828 oz), being a half shekel exacted per person from 605,550 male Israelites 20 years old or more ( Num 1:46 ). The amount is estimated to be around 3.75 tons.


text: The weight would be about half an ounce.


text: The total shekels would have been 212,400 shekels, which would be about 108,749 oz. This would make about 2.5 to 3 tons.


text: The bronze altar is the altar for the burnt offering; the large bronze basin is not included here in the list.