Ezra 8:27

also twenty basons of gold R.V. and twenty bowls of gold: -bowl" as in Ezra 1:10.

of a thousand drams R.V. of a thousand darics. About £1 each: see on Ezra 2:69.

The total specified values then are about

£243,750 + £37,500 + £675,000 + £1,000 = £957,250,

or nearly a million of our money.

fine copper R.V. fine bright brass. The Hebrew word (Muçhâbh) occurs only here. LXX. στίλβοντος. Some have suggested -orichalchum", a variety of brass.