Ezra 8:34

34 the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

Ezra 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:34

By number and by weight of everyone
They were delivered in by tale and weight, which exactly agreed to the number and weight in which they received them:

and all the weight was written at that time;
an account was taken in writing, and laid up, that it might not only be known hereafter what freewill offerings had been made in Babylon, but that it might be a voucher for the fidelity and integrity of those that brought them, should it ever be called in question.

Ezra 8:34 In-Context

32 We came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

33 On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;

34 the whole by number and by weight: and all the weight was written at that time.

35 The children of the captivity, who had come out of exile, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve male goats for a sin-offering: all this was a burnt offering to Yahweh.

36 They delivered the king's commissions to the king's satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.