The bronze that was contributed is literally “And bronze of the elevation offering.” As mentioned at verse 24 above, the term “elevation offering” is discussed at 29.24. This refers to what the people donated in 35.24, although a different term for “offering” is used there. The two terms are so similar that Good News Translation translates in the same way: “The bronze which was dedicated to the LORD.”

Seventy talents, at 75 pounds each, amounts to 5,250 pounds, or 2,397 kilograms. Two thousand and four hundred shekels equal about sixty pounds, or twenty-eight kilograms, so the total is approximately “5,310 pounds” (Good News Translation), or “2,425 kilograms.”

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .