Ezra 7:22
New International Version
up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

New Living Translation
You are to give him up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil, and an unlimited supply of salt.

English Standard Version
up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Berean Standard Bible
up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

King James Bible
Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

New King James Version
up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribed limit.

New American Standard Bible
up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred kors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of anointing oil, and salt as needed.

NASB 1995
even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt as needed.

NASB 1977
even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt as needed.

Legacy Standard Bible
even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without written order.

Amplified Bible
even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 kors (measures) of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of [olive] oil, and salt as needed.

Christian Standard Bible
up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.

American Standard Version
unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Contemporary English Version
They will be allowed to give as much as 3.4 tons of silver, 10 tons of wheat, 2,000 liters of wine, 2,000 liters of olive oil, and all the salt you need.

English Revised Version
unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[You may give him] up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 600 gallons of wine, 600 gallons of olive oil, and as much salt as he needs.

Good News Translation
up to a limit of 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil, and as much salt as needed.

International Standard Version
up to 100 silver talents, 100 measures of wheat, 100 measures of wine, 100 measures of oil, and salt without limitation.

Majority Standard Bible
up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

NET Bible
up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of olive oil, and unlimited salt.

New Heart English Bible
to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Webster's Bible Translation
To a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

World English Bible
up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To silver one hundred talents, and to wheat one hundred cors, and to wine one hundred baths, and to oil one hundred baths, and salt without reckoning;

Young's Literal Translation
Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unto oil a hundred baths, and salt without reckoning;

Smith's Literal Translation
Even to a hundred talents of silver, and even to a hundred cors of wheat, and even to a hundred baths of wine, and even to a hundred baths of oil, and salt that was not written.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto a hundred cores of wheat, and unto a hundred bates of wine, and unto a hundred bates of oil, and salt without measure.

Catholic Public Domain Version
even up to one hundred talents of silver, and up to one hundred cors of wheat, and up to one hundred baths of wine, and up to one hundred baths of oil, and truly salt without measure.

New American Bible
within these limits: silver, one hundred talents; wheat, one hundred kors; wine, one hundred baths; oil, one hundred baths; salt, without limit.

New Revised Standard Version
up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred cors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and unlimited salt.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Unto a hundred silver talents, unto a hundred wheat cors, unto a hundred wine quadrantals, unto a hundred oil quadrantals, and salt without a script.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
to the amount of a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred measures of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a hundred baths of oil, and salt without reckoning.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Artaxerxes' Letter for Ezra
21I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly, 22up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?…

Cross References
Nehemiah 2:8
And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.

Nehemiah 5:14-18
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor. / The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God. / Instead, I devoted myself to the construction of the wall, and all my servants were gathered there for the work; we did not acquire any land. ...

1 Kings 4:22-23
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal, / ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

2 Chronicles 31:5-6
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.

1 Chronicles 29:2-5
Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance. / Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: / three thousand talents of gold (the gold of Ophir) and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings, ...

Exodus 12:35-36
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. / And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.

2 Kings 4:42-44
Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha. / But his servant asked, “How am I to set twenty loaves before a hundred men?” “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha, “for this is what the LORD says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” / So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD.

Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; / then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.

Matthew 6:33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 9:8-11
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. / As it is written: “He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor; His righteousness endures forever.” / Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness. ...

Acts 4:34-35
There were no needy ones among them, because those who owned lands or houses would sell their property, bring the proceeds from the sales, / and lay them at the apostles’ feet for distribution to anyone as he had need.

Acts 11:29-30
So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. / This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.


Treasury of Scripture

To an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

measures.

Luke 16:7
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

baths of wine

Ezekiel 45:14
Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:

Luke 16:6
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

salt

Leviticus 2:13
And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

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Ezra 7
1. Ezra goes up to Jerusalem
11. The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra
27. Ezra blesses God for this favor














up to one hundred talents of silver
The phrase "up to one hundred talents of silver" indicates a significant amount of wealth. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a talent was a large unit of weight, approximately 75 pounds or 34 kilograms. Silver was a precious metal, often used in trade and as a standard of wealth. The provision of such a substantial amount of silver underscores the king's support for the temple activities in Jerusalem. Historically, this reflects the Persian policy of supporting local religious practices to maintain stability in their vast empire.

one hundred cors of wheat
A "cor" was a unit of dry measure, roughly equivalent to 6 bushels or 220 liters. Wheat was a staple food in the ancient world, essential for making bread, which was a dietary mainstay. The provision of wheat highlights the practical needs of the temple staff and the community, ensuring that those serving in the temple had their basic needs met. This reflects the importance of sustaining the religious community, which was central to Jewish identity and worship.

one hundred baths of wine
A "bath" was a unit of liquid measure, approximately 6 gallons or 22 liters. Wine was commonly used in religious rituals and daily life in ancient Israel. It was a symbol of joy and blessing, often associated with celebrations and offerings. The inclusion of wine in this decree emphasizes the importance of maintaining the full range of temple services, including drink offerings, which were integral to worship practices.

one hundred baths of olive oil
Olive oil was a valuable commodity in the ancient world, used for cooking, lighting, anointing, and as part of offerings. The provision of "one hundred baths of olive oil" ensured that the temple had enough oil for the menorah (lampstand) and other ritual uses. Olive oil's significance in anointing and consecration ceremonies also underscores its spiritual importance, symbolizing the presence and blessing of God.

and salt without limit
Salt was a crucial preservative and seasoning agent in the ancient world. Its mention "without limit" suggests an abundant provision, ensuring that the covenant of salt, a symbol of enduring agreement and loyalty, could be maintained. In Levitical law, salt was required in grain offerings (Leviticus 2:13), symbolizing the covenant between God and His people. The unlimited supply of salt highlights the enduring nature of God's covenant and the king's commitment to supporting the religious practices of the Jewish people.

(22) Unto an hundred talents of silver . . .--A certain restriction is laid upon the amount, although the very restriction seems almost indefinite. The silver might reach 24,000 sterling. As to the rest, Palestine abounded in these productions, which were regularly remitted to the king's service. Salt especially was plentiful near the Dead Sea.

Verse 22. - Unto a hundred talents of silver. At the lowest estimate of the Jewish silver talent, this would be a permission to draw on the royal treasury to the amount of £24,000 sterling. If we adopt the views of Mr. R.S. Peele ('Dict. of the Bible, Articles, MONEY and WEIGHTS AND MEASURES), it would authorise drawing to the amount of £40,000. A hundred measures of wheat. Literally, "a hundred cors of wheat," as given in the margin. The cor is variously estimated, at 44.25 gallons and at 86.67 gallons. It contained ten baths. Orders on the treasury for so much wheat, wine, oil, and salt sound strangely in modern ears; but were natural enough in the Persian system, where taxation was partly in kind, and every province had to remit to the court the choicest portion of its produce. Wine, corn, oil, and salt were all of them produced abundantly in Palestine, which was "a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of off olive, and of honey" (2 Kings 18:32), and which, in the region about the Dead Sea, abounded with salt.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
up to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5705: Even to, until

a hundred
מְאָה֒ (mə·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3969: A hundred

talents
כַּכְּרִ֣ין (kak·kə·rîn)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3604: A talent (a measure of weight or money)

of silver,
כְּסַף֮ (kə·sap̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3702: Silver, money

a hundred
מְאָ֔ה (mə·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3969: A hundred

cors
כֹּרִ֣ין (kō·rîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3734: A deep round vessel, a cor, a dry measure

of wheat,
חִנְטִין֙ (ḥin·ṭîn)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2591: Wheat

a hundred
מְאָ֔ה (mə·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3969: A hundred

baths
בַּתִּ֣ין (bat·tîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1325: A bath (a liquid measure)

of wine,
חֲמַר֙ (ḥă·mar)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2562: Wine

a hundred
מְאָ֑ה (mə·’āh)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 3969: A hundred

baths
בַּתִּ֥ין (bat·tîn)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1325: A bath (a liquid measure)

of olive oil,
מְשַׁ֖ח (mə·šaḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4887: Oil

and salt
וּמְלַ֖ח (ū·mə·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4416: Salt

without
לָ֥א (lā)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3809: Not, no

limit.
כְתָֽב׃ (ḵə·ṯāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3792: Something written, a writing, record, book


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