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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.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 69. Solids. Hebrew darcemonim. Bible.—“Darics,” worth as much as a golden sicle. Pelletier. Calmet. 1 Chronicles 29:7.—Pounds, (mnas) or 60 sicles. Menochius.—3 Esd. has “mnas” in both places.
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.
A mina is about 600 grams or 1.3 U. S. pounds, so 5,000 minas is about 3 metric tons.
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