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Ezra 8:25–28

25 And I weighed out to them the nsilver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his ocounselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. 26 pI weighed out into their hand 650 talents4 of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,5 and 100 talents of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,6 and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, q“You are holy to the Lord, and rthe vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.

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ch. 7:15, 16

o

See ch. 7:14

p

[ch. 1:9–11]

4

A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms

5

Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text

6

A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams

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