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Ezra 7:19

Jerusalem

17 With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.

18 You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.

20 And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.

21 I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

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BSB
You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.
KJV
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
WEB
The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
ASV
And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
DARBY
And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
BLB
And the vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
ÅB
Men de kar som du har fått til tjenesten i din Guds hus, dem skal du gi fra deg for Jerusalems Guds åsyn.
OTB
Overlever alle artiklene som er betrodd deg for tjenesten i din Guds hus til Jerusalems Gud.
B1930
Men de kar som du har fått til tjenesten i din Guds hus, dem skal du gi fra dig for Jerusalems Guds åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezra 8:33–34

    On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.

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  • Ezra 8:27–30

    20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.

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  • 2 Chronicles 32:19

    They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.

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  • Jeremiah 3:17

    At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

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