Ezra 8:25

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and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, and his counselors, and his officials, and all Israel (the ones who were found) had offered.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    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.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    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.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And weighed them the siluer and the gold, and the vessels, euen the offring of ye house of our God, which the King and his counselers, and his Princes, and all Israel that were present had offred.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had offered.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel -- those present -- lifted up;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a raised-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counselors, and his heads, and all Israel—those present—lifted up;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    I weighed out for them silver, gold, and the objects and offerings for the house of God that the king, his counselors and officials, and all Israel had freely offered.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    And I weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, and his counselors, and his officials, and all Israel (the ones who were found) had offered.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel present, had offered.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    and weighed to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and I weighed out and handed them the donations of silver and gold, and the items that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the people of Israel there had given for the Temple of our God.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered;

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ואשקולה
shâqal
H8254
“and · to weigh”
Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular + Suffix, h
Part of Speech
Conjunction + Verb
Stem
Qal
Form
Sequential Imperfect
Person
1st Person
Gender
Common
Number
Singular
Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 2454

to weigh, weigh out, pay out - (Qal) - to weigh - to weigh out (a price) - of grief (figuratively) - (Niphal) - to be weighed - to be weighed out
  1. וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה shâqal H8254 “and · to weigh” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular + Suffix, h
  2. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  3. הַכֶּ֥סֶף keçeph H3701 “the · silver” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  4. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  5. הַזָּהָ֖ב zâhâb H2091 “the · gold” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  6. וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
  7. הַכֵּלִ֑ים kᵉlîy H3627 “the · vessels” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  8. תְּרוּמַ֣ת tᵉrûwmâh H8641 “offering of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  9. בֵּית bayith H1004 “house of” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  10. אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) · our” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Plural
  11. הַהֵרִ֨ימוּ֙ rûwm H7311 “the · to rise” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Hiphil, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  12. הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ melek H4428 “the · king” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  13. וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו yâʻats H3289 “and · counseling · him” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  14. וְשָׂרָ֔יו sar H8269 “and · princes · his” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  15. וְכָל kôl H3605 “and · all of” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  16. יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper
  17. הַנִּמְצָאִֽים mâtsâʼ H4672 “the · found” Particle, Definite Article + Verb, Niphal, Participle Passive, Masculine, Plural, Absolute

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19
words
15
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is ואשקולה to weigh H8254 — appearing just 23 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ואשקולה to weigh H8254 occurs in 21 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 5 verbs
  • 10 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 3 particles

Verb forms

  • ואשקולה Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה Qal · Sequential Imperfect
  • הַהֵרִ֨ימוּ֙ Hiphil · Perfect
  • וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו Qal · Participle Active
  • הַנִּמְצָאִֽים Niphal · Participle Passive

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • ואשקולה to weigh H8254 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 37 words from the Hebrew and 40 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 19 Hebrew tokens and 32 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Ezra 8:25 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Ezra 7:14–16 Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
  • Ezra 8:33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
  • Ezra 1:8 even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
  • 2 Corinthians 8:20–21 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.
  • Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Ezra 8:25 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

ואשקולה וָאֶשְׁקֳלָ֣ה לָהֶ֔ם אֶת הַכֶּ֥סֶף וְאֶת הַזָּהָ֖ב וְאֶת הַכֵּלִ֑ים תְּרוּמַ֣ת בֵּית אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ הַהֵרִ֨ימוּ֙ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְיֹעֲצָ֣יו וְשָׂרָ֔יו וְכָל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַנִּמְצָאִֽים

and weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counselors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezra 8:25 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἵστημι αὐτός ὁ ἀργύριον καί ὁ χρυσίον καί ὁ σκεῦος ἀπαρχή οἶκος θεός ἐγώ ὅς ὑψόω ὁ βασιλεύς καί ὁ σύμβουλος αὐτός καί ὁ ἄρχων αὐτός καί πᾶς ἰσραήλ ὁ εὑρίσκω

And I weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of the first fruits of the house of our God, which the king, and his councillors, and his princes, and all Israel that were found, had dedicated.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

In the Septuagint this is one book — Esdras B (2 Esdras): Ezra is chapters 1–10, Nehemiah 11–23.

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Ezra 8:25 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Ezr 8:25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, [even] the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel [there] present, had offered:

Ver. 25. And weighed unto them] Heb. I scaled it out unto them; Cyrus counted it out to Zerubbabel, Ezr 1:1; Ezr 1:9, &c.

And his lords] Called mighty princes, Ezr 7:28; see Isa 10:8.

And all Israel there present] Heb. There found at that time, or that had found in their purses, found in their hearts.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

Ezr 8:25. And weighed unto them the silver and the gold — Because he expected to receive it from them again by weight. In all trusts, but especially sacred ones, we ought to be punctual, and preserve a right understanding on both sides. In Zerubbabel’s time the vessels were delivered by number, here by weight, that all might be forth-coming, and it might easily appear if any were missing.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

8:25 The items that the leaders were in charge of transporting included offerings for the Temple and sacrifices. Because these gifts belonged to God and were holy (8:28), it was necessary that the priests care for them.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(25) And weighed.—The gold and silver were in bars. According to the best computation, the silver would amount to a quarter of a million of our money, and the gold to about three-quarters of a million.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

25. and weighed] Money was still for the most part reckoned by weight (cf. on Ezr_7:22).

the silver, &c.] The offerings referred to in Ezr_7:15-18, and the vessels given by the king and others Ezr_7:19; Ezr_7:27.

the offering of the house, &c.] R.V. the offering for the house. A dedicatory offering (t‘rûmah), as is described in Exo_35:24. Literally ‘the offering of’, as in Exo_30:15, ‘the offering of the Lord’, or ‘heave offering unto the Lord’, Num_18:26; Num_18:28-29; Num_31:29; 2Ch_31:14, ‘the oblations of the Lord’. Here ‘the offering of’, i.e. ‘belonging to the house’ is equivalent to ‘the offering for the house.’ The expression does not occur again.

his counsellers] cf. on Ezr_7:14.

his lords] R.V. his princes; as in Ezr_7:28.

and all Israel there present] Literally ‘and all Israel that were found’. A peculiar phrase, occurring also in 1Ch_29:17, ‘thy people which are present here’ (lit. that are found here); 2Ch_5:11, ‘all the priests that were present’ (lit. that were found).

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer (a) amount to 975,000 imperials, and, of our money, 2,229,450 pounds sterling: and silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35,300 pounds, or 50,000 imperials; according to Jarchi, there were one hundred vessels, and every vessel weighed a talent, and so Aben Ezra, which, with Brerewood (b), was three hundred and seventy five pounds:

and of gold one hundred talents; which, according to Scheuchzer (c), were equal to 1,222,000 ducats of gold; the value of gold now is above 14 and a 3d to the value of silver, by which may be judged the difference between one hundred talents of gold and one hundred talents of silver; according to David de Pomis (d), there were two sorts of talents; common talents, which weighed sixty pounds, and the talent of the sanctuary, which weighed double to that.

(a) Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651. (b) De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. (c) Ut supra. (Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651.) (d) Tzemach David, fol. 57. 3.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

25. Weighed unto them — Took a careful inventory of all the offerings that had been given, and consigned them to their care, that it might be shown at Jerusalem that nothing had been lost or stolen by the way.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

And weighed unto the the silver, etc. We may gather from this that the silver and gold were in bars or ingots, and not in coined money. The Persians had coined money at this tin. e, but the Treasury kept the bulk of its stores in bars (Herod., 3:96).

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

which...had offered which those living in Babylon had offered.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Ezra, in the Historical, opens this verse with 19 words (15 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shâqal (“to weigh”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “to weigh” (shâqal) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Genesis 23:16, which shares the word «to weigh», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “to weigh” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «ואשקולה» is a Qal Sequential Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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