Gold of the sanctuary – 730 shekels of gold were used for the work on the tabernacle

The number 730 appears in Exodus 38:24 as part of the account of materials used for the tabernacle. The total gold offering amounted to 29 talents and 730 shekels according to the sanctuary weight. This tally occurs in connection with Bezalel's and Oholiab's work on the sanctuary, and the precise specification underscores the careful stewardship of the gifts that the people had given for the Lord's dwelling. Beyond this specific occurrence, 730 is not a number with broad symbolic meaning in biblical or Jewish tradition like the numbers 7, 12, or 40. In gematria one can find Hebrew words that sum to 730, but these have not attained canonical status in the Jewish interpretive tradition.