They used 3 3Ú4 tons of that silver to make the 100 bases for the {Lord’s} holy place and for the curtain. They used 75 pounds [447] of silver for each base.
Make four posts from acacia wood, and cover the posts with gold. Put hooks made from gold on the four posts. Put four silver bases under the posts. Then hang the curtain on the gold hooks.
All the men 20 years old or older were counted. There were 603,550 men, and each man had to pay a tax of 1 beqa [445] of silver. (Using the official measure, a beqa is 1Ú2 shekel. [446])