Ezra 8:29

Watch and guard, until ye weigh [them] before the rulers of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral rulers of Israel, in Jerusalem,—in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

28Then said I unto them, Ye, are hallowed unto Yahweh, and, the utensils, are hallowed,—and, the silver and the gold, are a freewill offering, unto Yahweh, God of your fathers:

30So the priests and the Levites accepted the weight of the silver and the gold, and the utensils,—to bring to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God.

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Cross References

Ezra 8:33And, on the fourth day, was weighed—the silver and the gold and the utensils, in the house of our God, unto the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and, with him, was Eleazar son of Phinehas,—and, with them, were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, Levites:

Acts 20:31Wherefore, be on the watch, remembering that, for three years, night and day, I gave myself no rest, with tears, admonishing each one.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 8:25-31

Ezra's Care of the Temple Treasure. ( b. c. 457.) 24 Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, 25 And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: 26 I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels a hundred talents, and of gold a hundred talents; 27… Read the whole commentary →

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