Ezra 8:31-33

International Standard Version

³¹ Then we left the Ahava River for Jerusalem on the twelfth day^[a] of the first month. Our God’s protection^[b] was with us, and he delivered us from the enemy’s power^[c] and from ambush along the way.

Ezra’s Delegation Arrives in Jerusalem

³² We arrived in Jerusalem and remained there three days. ³³ On the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the vessels were distributed at the Temple of our God into the care^[d] of Uriah’s son Meremoth the priest, Phinehas’ son Eleazar, Jeshua’s son Jozabad, and Binnui’s son Noadiah, the descendants of Levi.