Exodus 38:25
וְכֶסֶף פְּקוּדֵי הָעֵדָה מְאַת כִּכָּר וְאֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵאוֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים שֶׁקֶל בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃
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וְכֶ֛סֶף פְּקוּדֵ֥י הָעֵדָ֖ה מְאַ֣ת כִּכָּ֑ר וְאֶלֶף֩ וּשְׁבַ֨ע מֵא֜וֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁ֧ה וְשִׁבְעִ֛ים שֶׁ֖קֶל בְּשֶׁ֥קֶל הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃
οὖτος ἐποίησεν τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως τὸ ἅγιον καὶ τὴν σύνθεσιν τοῦ θυμιάματος, καθαρὸν ἔργν μυρεψοῦ.
Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0
Latin (Vulgate)
Oblatum est autem ab his qui transierunt ad numerum a viginti annis et supra, de sexcentis tribus millibus et quingentis quinquaginta armatorum.
La plata que se recolectó en el censo de la comunidad pesó unos tres mil cuatrocientos kilos, pesada según el peso oficial del santuario.
Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)
Y la plata de los contados de la congregación fué cien talentos, y mil setecientos setenta y cinco siclos, según el siclo del santuario:
The silver from those numbered among the congregation totaled 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel —
✦ What the text says
Summary
Exodus 38:25 records the total amount of silver collected from the census of the congregation: one hundred talents plus one thousand seven hundred seventy-five shekels, measured according to the sanctuary shekel standard.
Key words
- khesef ("silver of", H3701) — construct form, linking the noun to what follows: "the silver of [those enrolled]."
- pekudei ("[those who] were enrolled of", H6485A) — a qal passive participle in construct plural, indicating the men who were counted/registered.
- 'edah ("congregation", H5712) — feminine singular noun with definite article, the collective body being counted.
- kikkar ("talent", H3603H) — feminine singular noun, a unit of weight for the larger sum.
- sheqel haqodesh ("shekel of the holy place", H8255 + H6944G) — construct chain meaning "the sanctuary shekel," specifying which standard of weight is used.
What the text says
The Hebrew sentence is built as a long construct chain and numerical list rather than a full verbal clause. It opens with ve-khesef pequdei ha-'edah ("and the silver of those enrolled of the congregation"), where pequdei (H6485A), a passive participle in construct, functions almost like a noun meaning "the counted ones," tying the silver directly to the census group mentioned earlier in context. The amount is then given in two stages: first me'at kikkar ("a hundred of talent," H3967 + H3603H), then a compound number — 'elef ("thousand," H0505G), sheva' me'ot ("seven hundred," H7651+H3967), chamishah ve-shiv'im ("five and seventy," H2568+H7657) — followed by sheqel (H8255), the unit being counted. The final phrase, be-sheqel haqodesh ("by the shekel of the holy place"), uses a second construct form of sheqel to specify the standard weight, distinguishing it from any other possible shekel measure. The repetition of sheqel in two different grammatical roles (absolute count noun, then construct specifying the standard) is a feature visible only in the Hebrew structure.
Differences between versions
The Hebrew text is a numerical report (100 talents + 1,775 shekels, sanctuary standard), and the Spanish RV1909, BSB, and SBLIBRE renderings all correspond to this content, though SBLIBRE converts the ancient units into modern kilograms rather than talents and shekels. The LXX text supplied for this reference describes the composition of anointing oil and incense, and the Vulgate text supplied describes a count of armed men from age twenty upward — neither of these matches the numerical content of the Hebrew verse as given here.
This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.