21-23. Bezalel had worked closely with Oholiab, who was an expert at designing and engraving, and at embroidering blue, purple, and red wool. The two of them completed the work that the Lord had commanded.Moses made Aaron's son Ithamar responsible for keeping record of the metals used for the sacred tent.
24. According to the official weights, the amount of gold given was a thousand kilogrammes,
25. and the silver that was collected when the people were counted came to three thousand four hundred and thirty kilogrammes.
26. Everyone who was counted paid the required amount, and there was a total of 603,550 men who were twenty years old or older.
27. Thirty-four kilogrammes of the silver were used to make each of the one hundred stands for the sacred tent and the curtain.