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.
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- WEB They gave according to their ability into the treasury of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ garments.
- KJV 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.
- ESV According to their ability they gave to the treasury of the work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests’ garments.
- NKJV According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priestly garments.
- NASB According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work sixty-one thousand gold drachmas, five thousand silver minas, and a hundred priestly garments.
- NLT and each leader gave as much as he could. The total of their gifts came to 61,000 gold coins, 6,250 pounds of silver, and 100 robes for the priests.
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They contributed gold, silver, and priestly garments according to their ability. Each gave proportionally to support the work.
Overview
The gifts were generous yet measured by what each could give, a principle later affirmed in the New Testament (2 Corinthians 8:12). Providing priestly garments shows their concern that worship be properly conducted. God honors offerings given freely and in faith, whatever their size.
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- Ezra 8:25–34and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.
- 1 Chr 26:20–28Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- 1 Kgs 7:51So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
- Neh 7:71–72And some of the heads of the families gave to the treasury for the project 20,000 darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver.
- 1 Chr 22:14Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.
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