Priests to Guard Offerings

Ezra 8

24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: e Sherebiah, e Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them. 25 And I weighed out to them the n silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his o counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. 26 p I weighed out into their hand 650 talents 1 of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, 2 and 100 talents of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, 3 and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, q "You are holy to the Lord, and r the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 29 Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers' houses in Israel at Jerusalem, s within the chambers of the house of the Lord." 30 So the priests and the Levites p took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

31 Then we departed from the river Ahava t on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. u The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way. 32 v We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days. 33 On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were w weighed into the hands of x Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, y Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of z Binnui. 34 The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.

35 At that time a those who had come from captivity, the returned exiles, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, b twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and as a sin offering twelve male goats. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. 36 c They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's d satraps 4 and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.

  1. Cross References
    Ezra 8:19
    Also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20.
  2. Cross References
    Ezra 8:19
    Also Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20.
  3. Cross References
    Ezra 7:15 - 16
    And also to carry the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem.
  4. Cross References
    Ezra 7:14
    For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.
  5. Cross References
    Ezra 1:9 - 11
    And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:6
    They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. For they offer the Lord 's food offerings, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:2 - 3
    Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they abstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they dedicate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name: I am the Lord.
  8. Cross References
    Ezra 10:6
    Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night, neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
  9. Cross References
    Ezra 8:26
    I weighed out into their hand 650 talents of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, and 100 talents of gold.
  10. Cross References
    Ezra 7:9
    For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him.
  11. Cross References
    Ezra 7:6
    This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
  12. Cross References
    Nehemiah 2:11
    So I went to Jerusalem and was there three days.
  13. Cross References
    Ezra 1:9 - 11
    And this was the number of them: 30 basins of gold, 1,000 basins of silver, 29 censers.
  14. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:4
    And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired. And next to them Meshullam the son of Berechiah, son of Meshezabel repaired. And next to them Zadok the son of Baana repaired.
    Nehemiah 3:21
    After him Meremoth the son of Uriah, son of Hakkoz repaired another section from the door of the house of Eliashib to the end of the house of Eliashib.
  15. Cross References
    Nehemiah 11:16
    And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God.
  16. Cross References
    Nehemiah 3:24
    After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress
  17. Cross References
    Ezra 2:1
    Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
  18. Cross References
    Ezra 6:17
    They offered at the dedication of this house of God 100 bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
  19. Cross References
    Ezra 7:21
    And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence.
  20. Cross References
    Esther 3:12
    Then the king's scribes were summoned on the th...
    Esther 8:9
    The king's scribes were summoned at that time, ...
    Esther 9:3
    All the officials of the provinces and the satr...
    Daniel 3:2 - 3
    Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the sat...
    Daniel 3:27
    And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, a...
    Daniel 6:2 - 3
    And over them three presidents, of whom Daniel ...
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