- ten thousand:
- Μυριων [Strong's G3461], ταλαντων [Strong's G5007], a myriad of talents, the highest number known in Greek arithmetical notation. According to Prideaux, the Roman talent was equal to 216£; ten thousand of which would amount to 2,160,000£. If the Jewish talent of silver be designed, which is estimated by the same learned writer at 450£, this sum amounts to 4,500,000£; but if the gold talent is meant, which is equal to 7,200£, then the amount is 72,000,000£. This immense sum represents our boundless obligations to God, and our utter incapacity, as sinners infinitely indebted to Divine justice, of paying one mite out of the talent. "And gaveª° for the serviceª of the houseª of Godª of goldª fiveª thousandª talentsª and ten thousandª drams,ª and of silverª tenª thousandª talents,ª and of brassª eighteen²² thousandª¹¹ talents,ª and one hundredª thousandª talentsª of iron.ª" {1Ch 29:7} + "And said,ª° O my God,ª I am ashamedª° and blushª° to lift upª° my faceª to¹ thee, my God:ª for¹ our iniquitiesª are increasedª° overª [our] head,ª and our trespassª is grown upª° unto¹ the heavens.ª" {Ezr 9:6} + "For¹ mine iniquitiesª are gone overª° mine head:ª as an heavyª burdenª they are too heavyª° for¹ me." {Psa 38:4} + "For¹ innumerableª¹¹ evilsª have compassed²° me about:¹¹ mine iniquitiesª have taken holdª° upon me, so that I am not¹ ableª° to look up;ª° they are moreª° than the hairsª¹ of mine head:ª therefore my heartª failethª° me." {Psa 40:12} + "If¹ thou, LORD,ª shouldest markª° iniquities,ª O Lord,ª who¹ shall stand?ª° ... But¹ [there is] forgivenessª with¹ thee, that¹ thou mayest be feared.ª°" {Psa 130:3-4}
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