Ezra 8:27
25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
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Compare
- 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.
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Cross references
Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
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