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Esdras 8:26

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26 Pesé, pues, y entregué en sus manos seiscientos cincuenta talentos de plata, y utensilios de plata que valían cien talentos, y cien talentos de oro;

Esdras 8:26 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:26

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of
silver
Which, according to Scheuchzer F1 amount to 975,000 imperials, and, of our money, 2,229,450 pounds sterling: and silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35,300 pounds, or 50,000 imperials; according to Jarchi, there were one hundred vessels, and every vessel weighed a talent, and so Aben Ezra, which, with Brerewood {b}, was three hundred and seventy five pounds:

and of gold one hundred talents;
which, according to Scheuchzer F3, were equal to 1,222,000 ducats of gold; the value of gold now is above 14 and a 3d to the value of silver, by which may be judged the difference between one hundred talents of gold and one hundred talents of silver; according to David de Pomis F4, there were two sorts of talents; common talents, which weighed sixty pounds, and the talent of the sanctuary, which weighed double to that.


FOOTNOTES:

F1 Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.
F2 De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4.
F3 Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.)
F4 Tzemach David, fol. 57. 3.
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Esdras 8:26 In-Context

24 Entonces aparté a doce de los sacerdotes principales, a Serebías, a Hasabías, y con ellos diez de sus hermanos;
25 y les pesé la plata, el oro y los utensilios, la ofrenda para la casa de nuestro Dios que habían ofrecido el rey, sus consejeros, sus príncipes y todo Israel que allí estaba.
26 Pesé, pues, y entregué en sus manos seiscientos cincuenta talentos de plata, y utensilios de plata que valían cien talentos, y cien talentos de oro;
27 también veinte tazas de oro que valían mil dáricos , y dos utensilios de fino y reluciente bronce, valiosos como el oro.
28 Y les dije: Vosotros estáis consagrados al SEÑOR, y los utensilios son sagrados; y la plata y el oro son ofrenda voluntaria al SEÑOR, Dios de vuestros padres.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las Américas® (LBLA®), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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