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Ezra 1:11

Ezra 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

the vessels: ;

five thousand: Instead of 5,400, the enumeration of the articles in , only amounts to 2,499. It is supposed that they actually amounted to 5,400, but that only the chief of there specified, the spoons, etc. being omitted.

captivity: Heb. transportation,

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