Ezra 8:30

30 So the priests and the Levites ¹accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

Ezra 8:30 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:30

So took the priests and the Levites
The twelve priests and twelve Levites, mentioned in ( Ezra 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.

Ezra 8:30 In-Context

28 Then I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD , and the utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

29 "Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD ."

30 So the priests and the Levites accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

31 Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.

32 Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 1:9