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Ezra 1:11

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All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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Verse 11. Hundred. Only 2499 are specified. 3 Esd. reads, 5469. Josephus (xi. 1.) differs from all, reading 5210; which shews that the copies have varied, and that the Hebrew is incorrect. Calmet.—The use of number letters might cause this confusion. Bible. Capel. iii. 20. 13.

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