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Ezra 8:30

Jerusalem

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.

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.”

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.

32 So we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.

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BSB
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.
KJV
So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
WEB
So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
ASV
So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
DARBY
And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
BLB
And the priests and the Levites received by weight the silver and the gold and the articles, to bring [them] to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
ÅB
Så tok prestene og levittene imot sølvet og gullet og karene for å føre det til Jerusalem, til vår Guds hus.
OTB
Så mottok prestene og levittene sølvet, gullet og de hellige artiklene som var veid opp for å bli tatt til vår Guds hus i Jerusalem.
B1930
Så tok prestene og levittene imot sølvet og gullet og karene for å føre det til Jerusalem, til vår Guds hus.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 29:2–3

    Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

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  • Psalms 122:9

    For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

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  • Isaiah 60:13

    The glory of Lebanon will come to you— its cypress, elm, and boxwood together— to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.

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  • Ezra 8:22

    For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”

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