John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 2:69

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the world threescore and one thousand drachms of gold, etc.] These “darcemons or darics” were a Persian coin; one of which, according to Brerewood f28, was of the value of fifteen shillings of our money, and so this quantity of them amounted to 45,750 pounds; but according to Bishop Cumberland f29 they were of the value of twenty shillings and four pence of our money, and so came to upwards of 61,000 pounds; these everyone, according to his ability, put into the common stock or treasury for the work of building the temple; the Vulgate Latin f30 reads 40,000: and five thousand pounds of silver; and an Hebrew “mina”, or pound, being of our money seven pounds, ten shillings, according to Brerewood f31 , amounted to 31,250 pounds: but others f32, reckoning a drachm of gold at ten shillings, and a mina or pound of silver at nine pounds, make the whole to amount only to 75,500 pounds of our money: and one hundred priests’ garments; which, as they were laid up among treasures, so were necessary for the service of the temple.

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