Ezra 8:27

Easy To Read Version

And I gave them 20 gold bowls. The bowls weighed about 19 pounds. {\cf2\super [56]} And I gave them two beautiful dishes made from polished bronze that were as valuable as gold.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:7

These are the things they gave for God’s house: 190 tons {\cf2\super [318]} of gold; 375 tons {\cf2\super [319]} of silver; 675 tons {\cf2\super [320]} of bronze; and 3,750 tons {\cf2\super [321]} of iron.

Ezra 1:9

Those things from the Lord’s temple that Mithredath brought out:

Ezra 8:26

I weighed all these things. There were 25 tons {\cf2\super [54]} of silver. There were also 3 3/4 tons {\cf2\super [55]} of silver dishes and things. There were 3 3/4 tons of gold.

Ezra 8:28

Then I said to those twelve priests: “You and these things are holy to the Lord. People gave this silver and gold to the Lord, the God of your ancestors.

Lamentations 4:2

The people of Zion {\cf2\super [26]} were worth a lot.\par They were worth their weight in gold.\par But now the enemy treats those people\par like old clay jars.\par The enemy treats them\par like clay jars made by a potter.\par