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# All the gold that was used for the project
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"All the gold that the people used for the project"
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# twenty-nine talents
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"29 talents" or "about 960 kilograms". A talent is about 33 kilograms.
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# 730 shekels
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"seven hundred and thirty shekels" or "about 8 kilograms." (A shekel is 11 grams).
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# measured by the standard of the sanctuary shekel
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There were evidently shekels of more than one weight at the time. This specified which one was to be used. See Exodus 30:13.