27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,[a] and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:27 A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams

27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[a] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

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  1. Ezra 8:27 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms

The precious sons of Zion,
    worth their weight in (A)fine gold,
how they are regarded as (B)earthen pots,
    the work of a potter's hands!

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How the precious children of Zion,(A)
    once worth their weight in gold,
are now considered as pots of clay,
    the work of a potter’s hands!

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