Ezra 8:26 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 8:26

Gifts for the Temple

24 And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them—

25 and weighed out to them ^athe silver, the gold, and the articles, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel who were present, had offered.

26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,

27 twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.

28 And I said to them, “You are ^aholy to the Lord; the articles are ^bholy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers.

29 Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and ^aheads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.”

30 So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

The Return to Jerusalem

31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. And ^athe hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road.

32 So we ^acame to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 8:26

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American Standard Version
I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents;

Amplified® Bible
I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold;

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 8:25)

Darby English Version
And I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver; and silver vessels a hundred talents, [and] of gold a hundred talents;

Good News Bible
This is what I gave them:

silver - 25 tons

100 silver utensils - 150 pounds

gold - 7,500 pounds

20 gold bowls - 270 ounces

fine bronze bowls, equal in value to gold bowls

King James Version
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;

New American Standard Bible
Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils {worth} 100 talents, {and} 100 gold talents,

New International Version
I weighed out to them 650 talents of silver, silver articles weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

New King James Version
I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, silver articles weighing one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold,

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents,

Revised Standard Version
I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth a hundred talents, and a hundred talents of gold,

Young's Literal Translation
and I weigh to their hand, of silver, talents six hundred and fifty, and of vessels of silver a hundred talents, of gold a hundred talents,

New English Translation
I weighed out to them¹ 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents,² 100 talents of gold,

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