Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 1:10
Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.
10. basons ] R.V. bowls i.e. vessels provided with covers or lids, almost our ‘tankards’. Lat. ‘scyphi’. The word occurs in 1Ch 28:17 and Ezr 8:27.
of a second sort ] The fact that they were silver distinguishes them from the golden bowls just mentioned and makes this expression seem superfluous. The versions were puzzled by it: LXX. renders ‘double’ : Vulg. ‘second’ (‘secundi’). The words, as they stand, imply, that the silver bowls were secondary in quality or intended for inferior purposes. In all probability we have here some corruption in the text: see note on Ezr 1:11.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Basons of a second sort; the first or chief were of gold, and these of silver are called the second, or next to them of worth and use.
Other vessels a thousand: he speaks of vessels of a middle size; for great and small were five thousand four hundred, as it follows here. Or, as some render it,
other vessels by
thousands: they were not distinctly numbered according to their various forms and uses, but were promiscuously put together by thousands.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Thirty basins of gold,…. Cups or dishes with covers, as the word seems to signify; but, according to Jarchi and Aben Ezra, they were vessels in which the blood of sacrifices was received, and out of which it was sprinkled on the altar:
silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten; perhaps lesser than the other, however not so valuable, being of silver; in the Apocrypha:
“And this was the number of them; A thousand golden cups, and a thousand of silver, censers of silver twenty nine, vials of gold thirty, and of silver two thousand four hundred and ten, and a thousand other vessels.” (1 Esdras 2:13)
the number is 2410; and in the letter of Cyrus, before referred to, it is 2400:
and other vessels a thousand; which are not particularly mentioned; Junius and Tremellius render the words,
other vessels by thousands, there being near 3000 that are not described.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
10. Basins Cups or goblets with a cover.
Of a second sort Of secondary value as to their material, and used in less honourable service than the golden basins.
Other vessels Compare the various vessels of the temple mentioned in 1Ki 7:45-50.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Ezr 1:10 Thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second [sort] four hundred and ten, [and] other vessels a thousand.
Ver. 10. Thirty basons of gold ] These were to hold the sprinkling water, or blood.
And other vessels
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Num 7:13 – charger Jer 52:18 – bowls