Ezra 7:16
And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to offer, and that the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Chronicles 29:9And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also with a great joy.
2 Chronicles 6:2But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.
2 Chronicles 6:6But I chose Jerusalem, that my name might be there: and I chose David to set him over my people Israel.
Ezra 1:4And let all the restin all places wheresoever they dwell, help him every man from his place. with silver and gold, and goods, and cattle, besides that which they offer freely to the temple of God, which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 8:25And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had offered.
2 Corinthians 8:12For if the will be forward, it is accepted according to that which a man hath, not according to that which he hath not.
Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:12-27
The Decree of Artaxerxes. ( b. c. 457.) 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord , and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to… Read the whole commentary →