2s

6d. and the talent, being

3000 shekels (see

2.Mose 38:25,26
Des Silbers aber, das von der Gemeinde kam, war hundert Zentner tausendsiebenhundertfünfzig Lot nach dem Lot des Heiligtums:…

) at

375l., one hundred talents would amount to

37,500l; which divided among

100,000 men, quotes only

7s

6d; hence we may suppose, that this was only an earnest of their pay, or that they expected to be enriched by the plunder of the Edomites.