24 Then I selected twelve of the leading priests: (A)Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; 25 and I (B)weighed out to them (C)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, (D)his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed. 26 (E)So I weighed into their hands [a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth [b]a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27 and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand [c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28 Then I said to them, “(F)You are holy to the Lord, and the (G)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a [d]voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them (H)until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers’ households of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites (I)accepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:26 About 24 tons or 22 metric tons
  2. Ezra 8:26 About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons
  3. Ezra 8:27 A coin weighing about 0.25 oz. or 7 gm
  4. Ezra 8:28 Or freewill offering

24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the [a]priests, [b]even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents; of gold a hundred talents; 27 and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. 28 And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers. 29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah. 30 So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:24 In Neh. 12:24, Levites.
  2. Ezra 8:24 Or, besides