And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
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Interpretation
The same God that raised up the spirit of Cyrus to proclaim liberty to the Jews, raised up their spirits to take the benefit. The temptation was to some to stay in Babylon; but some feared not to return, and they were those whose spirits God raised, by his Spirit and grace.