Ezra 1:9
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,”
כֶּסֶף
Silver, money. Keseph. Come buy without money and without price. The most valuable things God offers cannot be purchased. They are received by faith.
זָהָב
gold
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זָהָב
Gold. Zahab. More precious than gold. The trials of faith are more valuable than zahab that perishes. Refined faith is worth more than refined gold.
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מִסְפָּר
were number/ their
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מִסְפָּר
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
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מַחֲלָף
knives
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מַחֲלָף
a (sacrificial) knife (as gliding through the flesh)
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
thirty
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
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תֵּשַׁע
nine
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תֵּשַׁע
nine or (ordinal) ninth
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