Exodus 25:3

25:3 This is the offering you ¹  are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze,

Exodus 31:4

31:4 to make artistic designs ²  for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze,

Exodus 35:32

35:32 to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze,

Exodus 38:6

38:6 He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Exodus 38:20

38:20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze.

Exodus 38:29

38:29 The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,400 shekels. ³ 

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¹ tn The pronoun is plural.

² tn The expression is לַחְשֹׁב מַחֲשָׁבֹת (lakhshov makhashavot, “to devise devices”). The infinitive emphasizes that Bezalel will be able to design or plan works that are artistic or skillful. He will think thoughts or devise the plans, and then he will execute them in silver or stone or whatever other material he uses.

³ sn The total shekels would have been 212,400 shekels, which would be about 108,749 oz. This would make about 2.5 to 3 tons.