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69 On the basis of their wealth, they gave the following amounts to the treasury to support the work: 61,000 gold darics,[a] 5,000 silver minas,[b] and 100 garments for the priests.

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  1. Ezra 2:69 A daric is a unit of weight that appears in post-exilic books. It is a Persian term, equal to the Greek drachma, perhaps a third of an ounce. It is also the name for the standard gold coin of the Persian Empire.
  2. Ezra 2:69 A mina weighed about 1¼ pounds.