Discovery BoxEzra 8:25-30 
Context8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. 8:26 I weighed out to them 1 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 2 100 talents of gold, 8:27 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. 8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 8:29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, 3 in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord.”
8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of 4 the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
Ezra 8:33-34
Context8:33 On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care 5 of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites. 8:34 Everything was verified 6 by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time.
1 tn Heb “upon their hand.”
2 tn Possibly “100 silver vessels worth [?] talents” or “silver vessels weighing 100 talents.”
3 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
4 tn Heb “received.”
5 tn Heb “upon the hand of.”
6 tn The words “everything was verified” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
