the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Ezra 8:27
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twenty gold bowls worth a thousand gold coins, and two articles of fine gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.
I gave them twenty gold bowls that weighed about nineteen pounds and two fine pieces of polished bronze that were as valuable as gold.
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
also 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
and twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
And twentie basins of golde, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of shining brasse very good, and precious as golde.
and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
twenty gold bowls weighing twenty-one pounds, and two vessels of fine burnished bronze as precious as gold.
and twenty basons of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of shining copper, precious as gold.
Also twenty bowls of gold, of one thousand drams; and the vessels of fine Corinthian brass, precious as gold.
twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two vessels of good polished bronze as precious as gold.
also twenty basins of gold of a thousand drams, and two vessels of shining copper as precious as gold.
twentye cuppes of golde of a thousande guldens, and two costly ornamentes of good brasse, as cleare as golde,
and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
And twenty gold basins, of a thousand darics, and two vessels of the best bright brass, equal in value to gold.
Twentie basons of gold of a thousand drammes, and two costly vessels of good brasse, as cleare as golde.
and twenty bowels of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drammes, and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
and twenty golden bowls, weighing about a thousand drachms, and superior vessels of fine shining brass, precious as gold.
and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
and twenti goldun cuppis, that hadden a thousynde peesis of gold; and twei faire vessels of best bras, schynynge as gold.
and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.
20 gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins, 2 fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
I gave them twenty deep, gold dishes, worth 1,000 gold-pieces, and two pots of fine shining brass, worth as much as gold.
twenty gold bowls worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold.
and, bowls of gold, twenty, of a thousand drams, - and, utensils of fine bright bronze, two, precious as gold.
And twenty cups of gold, of a thousand solids, and two vessels of the best shining brass, beautiful as gold.
twenty bowls of gold worth a thousand darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold.
and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.
and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold.
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
fine copper: Heb. yellow, or shining brass, The Syriac renders, nechosho korinthyo tovo, "good Corinthian brass;" so called from the brass found after the burning of Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was, as is generally supposed, brass, copper, silver, and gold, melted together. Sir J. Chardin, however, in a manuscript note, cited by Harmer, mentioned a factitious metal used in the East, and highly esteemed there, which might probably be of an origin as ancient as Ezra. He says, "I have heard some Dutch gentlemen speak of a metal in the island of Sumatra, and among the Macassars, much more esteemed than gold, which royal personages alone are privileged to wear. It is a mixture, if I remember right, of gold and steel, or copper and steel." He afterwards added, "calmbac is the name of this metal, which is composed of gold and copper."
precious: Heb. desirable, Lamentations 4:2
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:6 - pleasant Ezra 7:19 - The vessels
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams,.... Which were upwards of 1000 pounds of our money; for Bishop Cumberland says e, the Persian "daric", "drachma", or "drachm", weighed twenty shillings and four pence; and, according to Dr. Bernard, it exceeded one of our guineas by two grains, :-
and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold; which perhaps is the same with the Indian or Persian brass Aristotle f speaks of, which is so bright and pure, and free from rust, that it cannot be known by its colour from gold, and that there are among the cups of Darius such as cannot be discerned whether they are brass or gold but by the smell: the Syriac version interprets it by Corinthian brass, which was a mixture of gold, silver, and copper, made when Corinth was burnt, and which is exceeding valuable; of which Pliny g makes three sorts, very precious, and of which he says, it is in value next to, and even before silver, and almost before gold; but this sort of brass was not as yet in being: Kimchi h interprets the word here of its colour, being next to the colour of gold.
e Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 115. f De Mirabilibus, p. 704, vol. 1. g Nat. Hist. l. 34. c. 1, 2. h Sepher Shorash. rad. צהב.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams - Not of a thousand drams (i. e., darics) each, but worth altogether a thousand darics. As the value of the daric was about 22 shillings of British money, each basin, or saucer, would have been worth (apart from the fashioning) 55 British pounds.
Of fine copper - The word translated “fine,” which occurs here only, is thought to mean either “yellow” or “glittering” (see the margin). Probably the vessels were of orichalcum, an amalgam which was either brass or something nearly approaching to brass, but which was very rarely produced in the ancient world, and, when produced, was regarded as highly valuable.
