Ezra 8:27
25 and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
26 I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
28 Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- KJV
- Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
- WEB
- twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
- ASV
- and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
- DARBY
- and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
- BLB
- and twenty gold bowls of a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold.
- ÅB
- og tyve gullbeger til en verdi av tusen dariker og to kar av fint skinnende kobber, kostelige som gull.
- OTB
- 20 gullboller verdsatt til 1000 dariker, og to fine artikler av polert bronse, like verdifulle som gull.
- B1930
- og tyve gullbeger til en verdi av tusen dariker og to kar av fint skinnende kobber, kostelige som gull.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 4:2
How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!
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