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Ezra 8:29

Jerusalem

27 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.

28 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.

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.

31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

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BSB
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.”
KJV
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
WEB
Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and the princes of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the rooms of the LORD’s house.”
ASV
Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers` [houses] of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
DARBY
Watch and keep [them] until ye weigh them before the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the chiefs of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Jehovah.
BLB
Watch and keep [them] until you⁺ weigh [them] before the face of the leaders of the priests, and the Levites, and the heads of the fathers of Israel, in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of YHWH.”
ÅB
Våk nå over det og ta vare på det til dere kan veie det ut i Jerusalem for de øverste prester og levitter og for Israels familiehoder, i kammerne i Herrens hus.
OTB
Vokt dem nøye inntil dere veier dem opp i kamrene i Herrens hus i Jerusalem for de ledende prestene, levittene og familieoverhodene i Israel."
B1930
Våk nu over det og ta vare på det til I kan veie det ut i Jerusalem for de øverste prester og levitter og for Israels familiehoder, i kammerne i Herrens hus.

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  • 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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  • Acts 20:31

    Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

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  • Mark 13:34–35

    It is like a man going on a journey who left his house, put each servant in charge of his own task, and instructed the doorkeeper to keep watch.

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  • 1 Chronicles 26:20–26

    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

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  • 2 Timothy 4:5

    But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

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