Ezra 1:11

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the vessels.

Rom 9:23; 2Tim 2:19-21

five thousand.

Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in Ezra 1:9, 10, only amounts to 2,499; but in the account, Esdras 2:13, 14, the amount is 5,469, as will be evident from the following statements: In Ezra.

In Esdras. Gold chargers..... 30
Gold cups......... 1,000
Silver ditto...... 1,000
Silver cups....... 1,000
Knives............ 29
Silver censers.... 29
Gold basons....... 30
Gold vials........ 30
Silver ditto...... 410
Silver vials...... 2,410

Other vessels..... 1,000

Said to be........ 5,400
Total............. 5,469
But only.......... 2,499
Deficiency........ 2,901
Surplus........... 69

It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of them were specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted.

captivity. Heb. transportation.

Matt 1:11; Matt 1:12