Esdra 2:69

69 Dettero al tesoro dell’opera, secondo i loro mezzi, sessantunmila dariche d’oro, cinquemila mine d’argento e cento vesti sacerdotali.

Esdra 2:69 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 2:69

They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the world
threescore and one thousand drachms of gold
These "darcemons or darics" were a Persian coin; one of which, according to Brerewood ^F11, was of the value of fifteen shillings of our money, and so this quantity of them amounted to 45,750 pounds; but according to Bishop Cumberland ^F12 they were of the value of twenty shillings and four pence of our money, and so came to upwards of 61,000 pounds; these everyone, according to his ability, put into the common stock or treasury for the work of building the temple; the Vulgate Latin ^F13 reads 40,000:

and five thousand pounds of silver;
and an Hebrew "mina", or pound, being of our money seven pounds, ten shillings, according to Brerewood {n}, amounted to 31,250 pounds: but others ^F15, reckoning a drachm of gold at ten shillings, and a mina or pound of silver at nine pounds, make the whole to amount only to 75,500 pounds of our money:

and one hundred priests' garments;
which, as they were laid up among treasures, so were necessary for the service of the temple.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num. ch. iii. v.
F12 Scripture Weights & Measures, ch. 4. p. 115.
F13 Sixtus V. Lovain & MSS. in James ut supra. (Contrariety of Popish Bibles, p. 295)
F14 Ut supra, (De Pret. & Ponder. Vet. Num.) ch. iv. v.
F15 Universal History, vol. 10. p. 183, marg.

Esdra 2:69 In-Context

67 quattrocento trentacinque cammelli e seimilasettecento venti asini.

68 Alcuni dei capi famiglia, come furon giunti alla casa dell’Eterno ch’è a Gerusalemme, offriron dei doni volontari per la casa di Dio, per rimetterla in piè sul luogo di prima.

69 Dettero al tesoro dell’opera, secondo i loro mezzi, sessantunmila dariche d’oro, cinquemila mine d’argento e cento vesti sacerdotali.

70 I sacerdoti, i Leviti, la gente del popolo, i cantori, i portinai, i Nethinei, si stabiliron nelle loro città; e tutti gl’Israeliti, nelle città rispettive.