24 All the gold that was used for the work , in all the work of the sanctuary , even the gold of the wave offering , was 29 e talents and 730 e e shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary . 25 The silver of those of the congregation who were numbered was 100 talents and 1,775 e e e e shekels , according to the shekel of the sanctuary ; 26 a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ), for each one who passed over to those who were numbered , from twenty years old and upward , for 603,550 e e e e e e e men. 27 The hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil ; one hundred sockets for the hundred talents , a talent for a socket . 28 Of the 1,775 e e e e shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them. 29 The bronze of the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 e e shekels .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 38:24-29
Commentary on Exodus 38:21-31
(Read Exodus 38:21-31)
The foundation of massy pieces of silver showed the solidity and purity of the truth upon which the church is founded. Let us regard the Lord Jesus Christ while reading of the furniture of the tabernacle. While looking at the altar of burnt-offering, let us see Jesus. In him, his righteousness, and salvation, is a full and sufficient offering for sin. In the laver of regeneration, by his Holy Spirit, let our souls be washed, and they shall be clean; and as the people offered willingly, so may our souls be made willing. Let us be ready to part with any thing, and count all but loss to win Christ.