KJV King James Version
And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
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Ezra 1:9
And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
WEB World English Bible
This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
ASV American Standard Version
And this is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, a thousand platters of silver, nine and twenty knives,
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And this is their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
Surrounding context — Ezra 1
6 And all they that [were] about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all [that] was willingly offered.
7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
9 And this [is] the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [were] five thousand and four hundred. All [these] did Sheshbazzar bring up with [them of] the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֵ֖לֶּהH428 · el.lehtheseמִסְפָּרָ֑םH4557 · mis.parnumberאֲגַרְטְלֵ֨יH105 · a.gar.talbasinזָהָ֜בH2091 · za.havgoldשְׁלֹשִׁ֗יםH7970 · she.lo.shimthirtyאֲגַרְטְלֵי־H105 · a.gar.talbasinכֶ֙סֶף֙H3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyאָ֔לֶףH505 · e.lephthousandמַחֲלָפִ֖יםH4252 · ma.cha.laphknifeתִּשְׁעָ֥הH8672 · te.sahnineוְעֶשְׂרִֽים׃ סH6242 · es.rimtwenty
Cross-references
Matthew 10:29-31Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.2 Chronicles 4:8He made also ten tables, and placed [them] in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.1 Kings 7:50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.2 Chronicles 4:21-22And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, [made he of] gold, [and] that perfect gold;Numbers 7:13And his offering [was] one silver charger, the weight thereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them [were] full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:2 Chronicles 24:14And when they had finished [it], they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, [even] vessels to minister, and to offer [withal], and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.2 Chronicles 4:11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God;Numbers 7:19-89He offered [for] his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof [was] an hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:Ezra 8:27Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold.Matthew 14:8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
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