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26 I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents[a] of silver, silver articles worth one hundred talents,[b] one hundred talents[c] of gold, 27 twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics,[d] and two vessels of fine shining bronze, precious as gold.

28 I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord. The vessels are holy also. The silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers.

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  1. Ezra 8:26 About 24 tons, or about 22 metric tons.
  2. Ezra 8:26 About 3¾ tons, or about 3.4 metric tons.
  3. Ezra 8:26 About 3¾ tons, or about 3.4 metric tons.
  4. Ezra 8:27 About ¼ ounce or 8.5 grams.