And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels.
The amount of brass brought as an offering for the tabernacle was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels, weighing 10,277 pounds troy, though its market value is not given, and together with the gold and silver listed in the same reckoning it shows the great value of the willing gifts of Israel. The verse stands within the directions for building and the description of the marvelously beautiful structure in Exodus 25-40, where Exodus 35-40 records how Israel complied with the directions for building the sanctuary and making its furniture given in Exodus 25-30. The building and setting up of the sanctuary in Exodus 33-40 immediately followed the instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 given to Moses in the mount, coming in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32.
It belongs to the account of the tabernacle, the sanctuary Israel built in the wilderness at God's command according to God's directions and the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. Moses was instructed to ask freewill offerings of all that would be used in building, under the command to make God a sanctuary that He might dwell among them, and God specially endowed His workmen to build it. God gave this sanctuary to Israel after redeeming them from Egyptian bondage with a mighty hand, because their hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted them to comprehend His great salvation and the character He required, so He provided a great, multiple object-lesson which by various forms and rites would comprehend in its teaching the great plan of salvation.
The verse belongs to the account of the sanctuary's construction and inauguration in Exodus 36-40, including the building and adorning of God's sanctuary in Exodus 36 to 38. The sanctuary service and its completion were followed by a manifestation of God's glory, showing His acceptance of the people's repentance. The tabernacle was the center of earthly worship, which centered on the holy of holies, where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat, and the earthly sanctuary and its services foreshadowed the heavenly sanctuary and Christ's work as High Priest. The material adorning of God's sanctuary calls each person to ask how his soul temple is adorned for God's indwelling.
The amount of brass brought as an offering for the tabernacle was seventy talents and two thousand and four hundred shekels, weighing 10,277 pounds troy, though its market value is not given, and together with the gold and silver listed in the same reckoning it shows the great value of the willing gifts of Israel. The verse stands within the directions for building and the description of the marvelously beautiful structure in Exodus 25-40, where Exodus 35-40 records how Israel complied with the directions for building the sanctuary and making its furniture given in Exodus 25-30. The building and setting up of the sanctuary in Exodus 33-40 immediately followed the instruction concerning the sanctuary in Exodus 25-31 given to Moses in the mount, coming in chronological order after the events of Exodus 19-32.
It belongs to the account of the tabernacle, the sanctuary Israel built in the wilderness at God's command according to God's directions and the divine pattern shown to Moses in the mount. Moses was instructed to ask freewill offerings of all that would be used in building, under the command to make God a sanctuary that He might dwell among them, and God specially endowed His workmen to build it. God gave this sanctuary to Israel after redeeming them from Egyptian bondage with a mighty hand, because their hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted them to comprehend His great salvation and the character He required, so He provided a great, multiple object-lesson which by various forms and rites would comprehend in its teaching the great plan of salvation.
The verse belongs to the account of the sanctuary's construction and inauguration in Exodus 36-40, including the building and adorning of God's sanctuary in Exodus 36 to 38. The sanctuary service and its completion were followed by a manifestation of God's glory, showing His acceptance of the people's repentance. The tabernacle was the center of earthly worship, which centered on the holy of holies, where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat, and the earthly sanctuary and its services foreshadowed the heavenly sanctuary and Christ's work as High Priest. The material adorning of God's sanctuary calls each person to ask how his soul temple is adorned for God's indwelling.