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26 (A)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. 28 Then I said to them, “(B)You are holy to Yahweh, and the (C)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers.

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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