Exodus 25:39
The whole weight of the candlestick with all the furniture thereof shall be a talent of the purest gold.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Omne pondus candelabri cum universis vasis suis habebit talentum auri purissimi.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- πάντα τὰ σκεύη ταῦτα τάλαντον χρυσίου καθαροῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- כִּכָּ֛ר זָהָ֥ב טָה֖וֹר יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֑הּ אֵ֥ת כָּל הַכֵּלִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה
The Fathers on this verse
Origen Origen's Commentary on Matthew, Chapter X
Next we must speak in regard to this, “ And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought unto him one which owed many talents. ” The sense of this appears to me to be as follows: The season of beginning the judgment is with the house of God, who says, as also it is written in Ezekiel, to those who are appointed to attend to punishments, “Begin ye with My saints;” and it is like “the twinkling of an eye;” but, the time of making a reckoning includes the same “twinkling,” ideally apprehended, for we are not forgetful of what has been previously said of those who owe more. …