Exodus 38:26

a bekah per head, that is a half shekel, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for all that passed over to them who had been numbered, from twenty years old and upwards, for six hundred and three thousand, and five hundred and fifty.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

In Context

25And, the silver of them who were numbered of the assembly, was one hundred talents,—and one thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary;

27And it came to pass that the hundred talents of silver were used for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil,—one hundred sockets with the hundred talents a talent for a socket.

Read all of Exodus 38

Cross References

Exodus 12:37Then did the sons of Israel break up from Rameses, towards Succoth,—about six hundred thousand foot of men grown, besides little ones.

Exodus 30:15The rich, shall not give more, and the poor, shall not give less, than the half-shekel,—when they give the heave-offering of Yahweh, to put a propitiatory-covering over your souls.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 38:22-31

21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. 23 And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 24 All the gold… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Exodus 38:26