27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,
27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,
27 20 gold bowls weighing eighteen and a half pounds 2 vessels of bright red copper, as valuable as gold.
27 twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold.
27 20Â gold bowls, equal in value to 1,000 gold coins, 2Â fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ezra 8:27
Commentary on Ezra 8:24-30
(Read Ezra 8:24-30)
Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may expect that our lives and comforts will be his.