²⁵ And the silver from those who were ^(A)numbered of the congregation was one hundred talents and one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary: ^26 (B)a bekah for ^[a]each man (that is, half a shekel, according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for everyone included in the numbering from twenty years old and above, for ^(C)six hundred and three thousand, five hundred and fifty men. ²⁷ And from the hundred talents of silver were cast ^(D)the sockets of the sanctuary and the bases of the veil: one hundred sockets from the hundred talents, one talent for each socket. ²⁸ Then from the one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, overlaid their capitals, and ^(E)made bands for them.

⁵ Then he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and ^(A)gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you do it quickly.”

However the Levites did not do it quickly.