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25 and I (A)weighed out to them (B)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the contribution for the house of our God which the king and (C)his counselors and his princes and all Israel present there had offered. 26 (D)Thus I weighed into their hands [a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, 27 and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 [b]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 Approx. 24 tons or 22 metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
  2. Ezra 8:27 A Persian gold coin weighing approx. 0.3 oz. or 8 gm