Ezra 8:28
26 I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, articles of silver weighing 100 talents, 100 talents of gold,
27 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the LORD in Jerusalem before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families.”
30 So the priests and Levites took charge of the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.
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- BSB
- Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
- KJV
- And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
- WEB
- I said to them, “You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a free will offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers.
- ASV
- And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill-offering unto Jehovah, the God of your fathers.
- DARBY
- And I said to them, Ye are holy unto Jehovah; the vessels also are holy; and the silver and the gold is a voluntary offering to Jehovah the God of your fathers.
- BLB
- And I said to them, “You⁺ [are] holy to YHWH, and the articles [are] holy, and the silver and the gold [are] a freewill offering to YHWH, God of your⁺ fathers.
- ÅB
- Og jeg sa til dem: Dere er helliget til Herren, og karene er helliget til ham, og sølvet og gullet er en frivillig gave til Herren, deres fedres Gud.
- OTB
- Jeg sa til dem: "Dere er hellige for Herren, og artiklene er hellige; sølvet og gullet er en frivillig gave til Herren, deres fedres Gud.
- B1930
- Og jeg sa til dem: I er helliget til Herren, og karene er helliget til ham, og sølvet og gullet er en frivillig gave til Herren, eders fedres Gud.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 22:2–3
“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
Read in contextLeviticus 21:6–8
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
Read in contextNumbers 4:4–15
This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.
Read in contextEzra 1:7–11
King Cyrus also brought out the articles belonging to the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and placed in the temple of his gods.
Read in contextIsaiah 52:11
Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
Read in contextNumbers 7:84–88
So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.
Read in context1 Kings 7:48–51
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
Read in contextNumbers 7:13
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
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