Ezra 8:28
in Ezra 8Then 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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.
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.
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This verse in Ezra 8
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You are holy to the LORD
on Ezra 8:28-30
Ezra charges the priests and Levites in the same terms as the articles: "You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy." Men set apart carry things set apart, and one charge covers both: guard them until they are weighed out in the chambers of the house.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
You are holy to the Lord, and the vessels are holy, etc. For it is fitting that the teachers of the Church should never forget the holiness by which they themselves are consecrated to the Lord through the Holy Spirit, in the day of redemption, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): You are holy unto the Lord, the vessels are holy also; and who so fit to take care of holy things as holy persons? Those that have the dignity and honour of the priesthood must take along with them the trust and duty of it. The prophet is foretelling the return of God's people and ministers out of Babylon, when he gives the solemn charge ( Isa. lii.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And I said unto them, ye are holy unto the Lord, the vessels are holy also,.... As they were dedicated and set apart to holy service, so the vessels were sacred to holy uses, and therefore not to be converted to any other: and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers: and therefore not to be made use of but in his service.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests . . . and weighed unto them the silver, &c.--The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessels was, during the journey, committed to twelve of the chief priests, who, with the assistance of ten of their brethren, were to watch closely over them by the way, and deliver them into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וָאֹמְרָ֣ה | vaomerah | and I said ! | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲלֵהֶ֗ם | ʾalehem | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אַתֶּ֥ם | ʾatem | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ | kodesh | [are] holy person[s] | H6944 → | 469 times |
| לַיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהַכֵּלִ֖ים | vehakelim | and the vessels | H3627 → | 325 times |
| קֹ֑דֶשׁ | kodesh | [are] holy thing[s] | H6944 → | 469 times |
| וְהַכֶּ֤סֶף | vehakesef | and the silver | H3701 → | 403 times |
| וְהַזָּהָב֙ | vehazahav | and the gold | H2091 → | 389 times |
| נְדָבָ֔ה | nedavah | [are] a freewill offering | H5071 → | 26 times |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֥י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾavoteikhem | ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
וָאֹמְרָ֣הand I said !
vaomerahH559 →5305 times
אֲלֵהֶ֗םto them
ʾalehemH413 →5510 times
אַתֶּ֥םyou
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙[are] holy person[s]
kodeshH6944 →469 times
לַיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהַכֵּלִ֖יםand the vessels
vehakelimH3627 →325 times
קֹ֑דֶשׁ[are] holy thing[s]
kodeshH6944 →469 times
וְהַכֶּ֤סֶףand the silver
vehakesefH3701 →403 times
וְהַזָּהָב֙and the gold
vehazahavH2091 →389 times
נְדָבָ֔ה[are] a freewill offering
nedavahH5071 →26 times
לַיהוָ֖הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֥י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
אֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ancestors your
ʾavoteikhemH1 →1212 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 52:11Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; come out from it, purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
- Zechariah 2:6–7
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- Ephesians 5:11
Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- Isaiah 48:20
Leave Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare it with a shout of joy, proclaim it, let it go out to the ends of the earth, saying, “The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob!”
- Isaiah 1:16
Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- 2 Corinthians 6:17
Through
Numbers 7:13His 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…
it leads to
- Exodus 30:13
Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Exodus 25:29
You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
- Exodus 37:16
He also made the utensils for the table out of pure gold: its plates and dishes, as well as its bowls and pitchers for pouring drink offerings.
- Exodus 30:13
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezra
This page draws on Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.