26 I weighed out to them 24 tons[a] of silver, silver articles weighing 7,500 pounds,[b] 7,500 pounds[c] of gold, 27 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 gold coins,[d] and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.(A) 28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, and the articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering(B) to the Lord God of your fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 Lit 650 talents
  2. Ezra 8:26 Lit 100 talents
  3. Ezra 8:26 Lit 100 talents
  4. Ezra 8:27 Or 1,000 drachmas, or 1,000 darics

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