Ezra 7:14-16
New American Standard Bible 1995
14 Forasmuch as you are sent [a]by the king and his (A)seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God which is in your hand, 15 and to bring the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, (B)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 with (C)all the silver and gold which you find in the whole province of Babylon, along (D)with the freewill offering of the people and of the priests, who (E)offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
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- Ezra 7:14 Lit from before
Ezra 8:26-30
New American Standard Bible 1995
26 (A)Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, 27 and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28 Then I said to them, “(B)You are holy to the Lord, and the (C)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them (D)until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites (E)accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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Jeremiah 28:6
New American Standard Bible 1995
6 and the prophet Jeremiah said, “(A)Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord [a]confirm your words which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels of the Lord’s house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place.
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- Jeremiah 28:6 Or fulfill
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