Ezra 7:22

Translations

Modern

…up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

Traditional

Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Literal

Up to a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred cors of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a hundred baths of oil, and salt that is is not written,

Latin

…usque ad argenti talenta centum, et usque ad frumenti coros centum, et usque ad vini batos centum, et usque ad batos olei centum, sal vero absque mensura.

Original

Hebrew

English

…up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

Notes

Ezra 7:21–22

The items listed were usually used as offerings in worship (compare Exodus 27:20; 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 13; 14:10; Numbers 28:7).

Ezra 7:11–26

In this letter, King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the authority to assess the situation in Jerusalem (Ezra 7:14), offer voluntary gifts to God (7:15–20), acquire supplies and funds from local leaders (7:21–24), and implement legal reforms (7:25–26).

Theme notes and profiles

Ezra The Seventy Sets of Seven

Measurements

a hundred talents of silver: About 3.77 t (3.42 mt)
a hundred cors of wheat: About 624 bu (22,000 l)
a hundred baths of wine: About 580 gal (2,200 l)

Related verses

Luke 16:6–7
‘A hundred measures of olive oil,’ he answered. ‘Take your bill,’ said the manager, ‘sit down quickly, and write fifty.’
Leviticus 2:13
And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
Ezekiel 45:14
The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).

Glossary

Ancient Letter Writing Aramaic Artaxerxes Book of Ezra Book of Jeremiah First Book of Esdras Nethinim Postexilic Period Treasurer

Topics

Bath: A Hebrew Measure for Liquids Containing About Eight Gallons, Three Quarts Cor: Rendered Measure In Liberality: Artaxerxes Measure: A Bath, About Eight Gallons and a Half Measure: A Cor, Equal to One Homer or Ten Ephahs, Equal to About Eleven and One-Ninth Bushels Salt: Liberally Afforded to the Jews After the Captivity Temple: The Second: Artaxerxes' Favorable Action Toward

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