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Changed Exo 38:29 to match ULB. Fixed spacing

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@ -33,27 +33,21 @@ The following terms are the most common units of weight in the Bible. The term "
The strategies are all applied to Exodus 38:29 below.
* **The bronze from the offering weighed <u>seventy talents and 2,400 shekels</u>.** (Exodus 38:29 ULB)
* **The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>seventy talents and 2,400 shekels</u>.** (Exodus 38:29 ULB)
1. Use the measurements from the ULB. These are the same kinds of measurements that the original writers used. Spell them in a way that is similar to the way they sound or are spelled in the ULB. (see [Copy or Borrow Words](../translate-transliterate/01.md))
* "The bronze from the offering weighed <u>seventy talentes and 2,400 sekeles</u>."
* "The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>seventy talentes and 2,400 sekeles</u>."
1. Use the metric measurements given in the UDB. The translators of the UDB have already figured how to represent the amounts in the metric system.
* "The bronze from the offering weighed <u>2,400 kilograms</u>."
* "The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>2,400 kilograms</u>."
1. Use measurements that are already used in your language. In order to do this you would need to know how your measurements relate to the metric system and figure out each measurement.
* "The bronze from the offering weighed <u>5,300 pounds</u>."
* "The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>5,300 pounds</u>."
1. Use the measurements from the ULB and include measurements that your people know in the text or a footnote. The following shows both measurements in the text.
* "The bronze from the offering weighed <u>seventy talents (2,380 kilograms)</u> and <u>2,400 shekels (26.4 kilograms)</u>."
* "The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>seventy talents (2,380 kilograms)</u> and <u>2,400 shekels (26.4 kilograms)</u>."
1. Use measurements that your people know, and include the measurements from the ULB in the text or in a footnote. The following shows the ULB measurements in notes.
* "The bronze from the offering weighed <u>seventy talents and 2,400 shekels</u>.<sup>1</sup>"
* "The bronze from the wave offering weighed <u>seventy talents and 2,400 shekels</u>.<sup>1</sup>"
* The footnote would look like:
<sup>[1]</sup> This was a total of about 2,400 kilograms.