Ezra 8:30 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 8:30

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

So took the priests and the Levites,.... The twelve priests and twelve Levites, mentioned in Ezr 8:24, the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God; this they undertook to do, and did.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְקִבְּלוּ֙	ve.ki.be.Lu	and they received	H6901 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם	ve.hal.vi.Yim	and the Levites	H3881 →
מִשְׁקַ֛ל	mish.Kal	[the] weight of	H4948 →
הַכֶּ֥סֶף	ha.Ke.sef	the silver	H3701 →
וְהַזָּהָ֖ב	ve.ha.za.Hav	and the gold	H2091 →
וְהַכֵּלִ֑ים	ve.ha.ke.Lim	and the vessels	H3627 →
לְהָבִ֥יא	le.ha.Vi'	to bring [them]	H935 →
לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	li.ru.sha.Lim	to Jerusalem	H3389 →
לְבֵ֥ית	le.Veit	to [the] house of	H1004 →
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃ פ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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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…
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:12
  For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
- Psalms 33:18–19
  Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- 2 Chronicles 16:9
  For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…
- Psalms 34:15–16
  The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- Lamentations 3:25
  The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Through
Psalms 122:9
For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
leads to
- Nehemiah 2:10
  But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Psalms 84:10
  For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
Through
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.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:2
  It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…