26 (A)So I weighed into their hands [a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth [b]a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27 and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand [c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28 Then I said to them, “(B)You are holy to the Lord, and the (C)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a [d]voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 About 24 tons or 22 metric tons
  2. Ezra 8:26 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
  3. Ezra 8:27 A coin weighing about 0.25 oz. or 7 gm
  4. Ezra 8:28 Or freewill offering

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