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Ezra 8:25-27
New Catholic Bible
Ezra 8:25-27
New Catholic Bible
25 I weighed out in their presence the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the contributions which the king, his advisors, his officials, and all the Israelites present there had offered for the house of our God.
26 I weighed out and handed over to them six hundred and fifty talents[a] of silver, one hundred silver vessels weighing two talents, one hundred talents of gold, 27 twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two superb vessels of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
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- Ezra 8:26 Six hundred and fifty talents: this would convert to about 25 tons of silver. Even a much smaller amount would have been difficult to transport.