Ezr 8:26-30 | NASB2020 | STEP | So I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver , and silver utensils worth a hundred talents , and a hundred gold talents ,

Ezra 8:26-30

26 ^aSo I weighed into their hands ^{▼▼About 24 tons or 22 metric tons} 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth ^{▼▼About 3.75 tons or 3.4 metric tons}a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27 and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand ^{▼▼A coin weighing about 0.25 oz. or 7 gm}darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28 Then I said to them, “ ^eYou are holy to the Lord, and the ^futensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a ^{▼▼Or freewill offering}voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them ^huntil 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 ⁱaccepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.