Ezra 8:32

32 ¹We came to Jerusalem, and there we remained three days.

Ezra 8:32 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:32

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
] Before they went about any business, delivered what was committed to them for the use of the temple, and the commissions to the king's officers; as it was but proper they should have some rest after such a fatiguing journey.

Ezra 8:32 In-Context

30 So the priests and the Levites 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 on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. 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 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 weighed into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.

34 The whole was counted and weighed, and the weight of everything was recorded.

Cross References

• 1. Nehemiah 2:11