Ezra 8:30

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.

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 holy to the LORD, and 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, within the chambers of the house of the LORD."
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 Aha'va on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; the hand of our God was upon 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.
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