Ezra 8:30

30 And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to carry 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 And I said to them: You are the holy ones of the Lord, and the vessels are holy, and the silver and gold, that is freely offered to the Lord the God of our fathers.
29 Watch ye and keep them, till you deliver them by weight before the chief of the priests, and of the Levites, and the heads of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasure of the house of the Lord.
30 And the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and gold, and the vessels, to carry them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
31 Then we set forward from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
32 And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there three days.
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