and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
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and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
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And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
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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;
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- Ezra 7:14-16 Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand, and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
- Ezra 8:33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
- Ezra 1:8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
- 2 Corinthians 8:20-21 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us. Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
- Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and…
Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:
Ver. 25. And weighed unto them] Heb. I scaled it out unto them; Cyrus counted it out to Zerubbabel, Ezr 1:1; Ezr 1:9, &c.
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And his lords] Called mighty princes, Ezr 7:28; see Isa 10:8.
And all Israel there present] Heb. There found at that time, or that had found in their purses, found in their hearts.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty…
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer (a) 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 (c), 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 (d), there were two sorts of talents; common talents, which weighed sixty pounds, and the talent of the sanctuary, which weighed double to that.
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(a) Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651. (b) De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. (c) Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.) (d) Tzemach David, fol. 57. 3.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Ezr 8:25. And weighed unto them the silver and…
Ezr 8:25. And weighed unto them the silver and the gold — Because he expected to receive it from them again by weight. In all trusts, but especially sacred ones, we ought to be punctual, and preserve a right understanding on both sides. In Zerubbabel’s time the vessels were delivered by number, here by weight, that all might be forth-coming, and it might easily appear if any were missing.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 25. Weighed unto them — Took a careful inventory…
25. Weighed unto them — Took a careful inventory of all the offerings that had been given, and consigned them to their care, that it might be shown at Jerusalem that nothing had been lost or stolen by the way.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 25. and weighed] Money was still for the most…
25. and weighed] Money was still for the most part reckoned by weight (cf. on Ezr_7:22).
the silver, &c.] The offerings referred to in Ezr_7:15-18, and the vessels given by the king and others Ezr_7:19; Ezr_7:27.
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the offering of the house, &c.] R.V. the offering for the house. A dedicatory offering (t‘rûmah), as is described in Exo_35:24. Literally ‘the offering of’, as in Exo_30:15, ‘the offering of the Lord’, or ‘heave offering unto the Lord’, Num_18:26; Num_18:28-29; Num_31:29; 2Ch_31:14, ‘the oblations of the Lord’. Here ‘the offering of’, i.e. ‘belonging to the house’ is equivalent to ‘the offering for the house.’ The expression does not occur again.
his counsellers] cf. on Ezr_7:14.
his lords] R.V. his princes; as in Ezr_7:28.
and all Israel there present] Literally ‘and all Israel that were found’. A peculiar phrase, occurring also in 1Ch_29:17, ‘thy people which are present here’ (lit. that are found here); 2Ch_5:11, ‘all the priests that were present’ (lit. that were found).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (25) And weighed.—The gold and silver were in bars.…
(25) And weighed.—The gold and silver were in bars. According to the best computation, the silver would amount to a quarter of a million of our money, and the gold to about three-quarters of a million.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And weighed unto the the silver, etc. We may…
And weighed unto the the silver, etc. We may gather from this that the silver and gold were in bars or ingots, and not in coined money. The Persians had coined money at this tin. e, but the Treasury kept the bulk of its stores in bars (Herod., 3:96).
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:25 The items that the leaders were in charge…
8:25 The items that the leaders were in charge of transporting included offerings for the Temple and sacrifices. Because these gifts belonged to God and were holy (8:28), it was necessary that the priests care for them.
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