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Ezra 1

Ezra 1:10

Cyrus Restores the Holy Vessels · Ezra 1:7–11
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Translations

Modern
…30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
Traditional
Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
Literal
…gold bowls, thirty; bowls of silver, seconds, four hundred and ten; other articles, a thousand.
Latin
…scyphi argentei secundi quadringenti decem, vasa alia mille.

Original

Hebrew
English
30 gold bowls, 410 matching silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.

Notes

Ezra 1:9–11

5,400 gold and silver articles: The numbers listed only total 2,499 items. A similar account in the apocryphal book 1 Esdras 2:13–15 lists 5,469 items, while a list by the Jewish historian Josephus in Antiquities 11.15 lists 5,220 objects. Ezra’s shorter list shows the types of items included but does not list every item. Keeping track of consecrated utensils helped prevent confusion with pagan utensils used for worshiping other gods.

Theme notes and profiles

Cyrus II Esther

Glossary

Book of Ezra Cyrus Cylinder First Book of Esdras History of Israel Jerusalem Judaism Postexilic Period Sheshbazzar Temple

Topics

Basin: Made of Gold Church and State: State Favorable to Religion: Cyrus, in his Proclamation to Restore the Temple at Jerusalem Israel, Prophecies Concerning: Captivity of Cyrus Directs the Rebuilding of the Temple Liberality: Cyrus Temple: Solomon's: Restoration of, Ordered by Cyrus the Second Temple: Cyrus: Gave the Vessels of the First Temple For Zerubbabel: Leads the Emancipated Jews Back from Babylon