Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.
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Gill's Exposition
And I said unto them, ye are holy unto the Lord, the vessels are holy also,.... As they were dedicated and set apart to holy service, so the vessels were sacred to holy uses, and therefore not to be…
Barnes' Notes
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,…
We have here an account of the particular care which Ezra took of the treasure he had with him, that belonged to God's sanctuary, Observe, 1. Having committed the keeping of it to God, he committed…
Cambridge Bible
also twenty basons of gold R.V. and twenty bowls of gold: -bowl" as in Ezr 1:10.
of a thousand drams R.V. of a thousand darics. About £1 each: see on Ezr 2:69.
The total specified values then are…