Ezra 8:27-29
New King James Version
27 twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas, and two vessels of fine polished bronze, precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, “You are (A)holy[a] to the Lord; the articles are (B)holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and (C)heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.”
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- Ezra 8:28 consecrated
Ezra 8:27-29
New International Version
27 20 bowls of gold valued at 1,000 darics,[a] and two fine articles of polished bronze, as precious as gold.
28 I said to them, “You as well as these articles are consecrated to the Lord.(A) The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your ancestors. 29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.”
Footnotes
- Ezra 8:27 That is, about 19 pounds or about 8.4 kilograms
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