(A)Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (B)which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to (C)Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Now this was their number: 30 (D)gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 [a]duplicates; 10 30 gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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  1. Ezra 1:9 Heb obscure; other possible meanings are knives, censers

13 However, (A)in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus (B)issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. 14 Also (C)the gold and silver utensils of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple [a]in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, these King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon and they were given to one (D)whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor. 15 He said to him, “Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple [b]in Jerusalem and let the house of God be rebuilt in its place.”

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  1. Ezra 5:14 Lit that was in
  2. Ezra 5:15 Lit that is in

19 Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

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