I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents;
I weighed out and gave them 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold.
Ezra is carefully measuring and entrusting an enormous amount of precious metals and vessels to the priests for their journey to Jerusalem.
📚 Historical Context
This occurs during Ezra's journey from Babylon to Jerusalem around 458 BC, when he was leading a group of Jewish exiles back to their homeland. King Artaxerxes had given generous donations for the temple, and Ezra was meticulously distributing these treasures to trusted priests and Levites. A talent was an extremely large unit of weight (about 75 pounds), making this an incredibly valuable treasure worth millions in today's currency.
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