Ezra 2:69
According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.
Note Or 61,000 gold drachmas; that is, approximately 1,129.7 pounds or 512.4 kilograms of gold coins
Note 5,000 minas is approximately 3.14 tons or 2.85 metric tons of silver.
They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
Note a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
Note A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.
they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the treasure
- Ezra 8:25–34; 1 Kings 7:51; 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 26:20–28; Nehemiah 7:71, 72