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27 20 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins,[a]
2 fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.

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  1. 8:27 Hebrew 1,000 darics, about 19 pounds or 8.6 kilograms in weight.

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

See how the precious children of Jerusalem,[a]
    worth their weight in fine gold,
are now treated like pots of clay
    made by a common potter.

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  1. 4:2 Hebrew precious sons of Zion.

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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