Ezra 2:69

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the actions of returned exiles immediately after they reach Jerusalem, focusing on tribal leaders who contribute resources for the temple reconstruction.

The words — כֹחָם (kho.Cha/m) translates to their ability, and אוֹצָר ('o.Tzar) denotes the treasury where these contributions are deposited.

The thread — This pattern of resource collection for sacred construction appears in Ezra 8:25, which details the weighing of silver and gold, 1 Kings 7:51, which notes Solomon bringing in dedicated temple items, and 1 Chronicles 22:14, which records David’s material provision for the house of the LORD.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to contribute resources proportionally to their means for rebuilding God’s work, without prescribing fixed amounts or emotional appeals.

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The Hebrew words

כְּכֹחָ֗םke./kho.Cha/maccording to/ ability/ their נָתְנוּ֮na.te.Nuthey gave לְאוֹצַ֣רle./'o.Tzarto/ [the] treasury of הַמְּלָאכָה֒ha./me.la.Khahthe/ work זָהָ֗בza.Havgold דַּרְכְּמוֹנִים֙dar.ke.mo.Nimdrachmas שֵׁשׁ־shesh-six רִבֹּ֣אותri.Botten thousands וָאֶ֔לֶף סva./'E.lefand/ one thousand וְכֶ֕סֶףve./Khe.sefand/ silver מָנִ֖יםma.Nimminas חֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shetfive אֲלָפִ֑ים'a.la.Fimthousand<s>וְכָתְנֹ֥תve./kha.te.Notand/ tunics of כֹּהֲנִ֖יםko.ha.Nimpriests מֵאָֽה׃ סme.'Ahone hundred

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Ezra 8:25 and 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 Kings 7:51 So 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.
1 Chronicles 22:14 Now 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.
1 Chronicles 26:20 Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
Nehemiah 7:71 And 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.