LIFE SCRIPTS

21 These are the amounts of the materials used for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant law, which were recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. 22 (Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything the Lord commanded Moses; 23 with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan—an engraver and designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen.) 24 The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. 25 The silver obtained from those of the community who were counted in the census was 100 talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel— 26 one beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men. 27 The 100 talents of silver were used to cast the bases for the sanctuary and for the curtain—100 bases from the 100 talents, one talent for each base. 28 They used the 1,775 shekels to make the hooks for the posts, to overlay the tops of the posts, and to make their bands. 29 The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels. 30 They used it to make the bases for the entrance to the tent of meeting, the bronze altar with its bronze grating and all its utensils, 31 the bases for the surrounding courtyard and those for its entrance and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and those for the surrounding courtyard.
Exodus 38:21‭-‬31 NIV

https://bible.com/bible/111/exo.38.21-31.NIV.

An account of the amount of precious metals used for the construction is given: about one tonne of gold, over 2 tonnes of silver and nearly 2 tonnes of bronze. This was a very significant amount of precious metals given by former slaves who did not own any land. The number of the people is also alluded to…approximately 600,000 mature men meaning that the population of the entire host could have been around 2 million. Their dedication to give to God’s work was evident. They were moved in their hearts to give even out of the need they were experiencing. But somehow, God took the ‘little’ they had given and made it so significant…a necklace here, an earring there; a bracelet here, an ornament there…the little people thought they were bringing turned out to be more than enough (remember Moses restraining them from giving further?) When we give…whatever we give…our gift goes a long way in doing God’s work. Bottom line is we are doing it from our heart with gratitude. Give and it shall come back to you. Good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over.