8:26 I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,

Tons are both an imperial (English) and metric unit of measure. In meaning line 1 below, metric tons are used. According to the English system, this would be 24-25 tons of silver, and close to 4 tons of objects made of silver and close to 4 tons of gold.

After measuring/weighing, I divided among them twenty (20) tons of silver, three (3) tons of items/objects made of silver, three (3) tons of gold,
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I gave these priests and descendants of Levi ⌊the responsibility to guard and carry⌋ fifty thousand (50,000) pounds of silver ⌊coins/pieces⌋ and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) pounds of vessels/utensils made of silver and seven thousand five hundred (7,500) pounds of gold ⌊coins/pieces⌋

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