Holy Vessels Restored

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites rose up, (A)everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up to rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. And all of those around them [a](B)encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with equipment, cattle, and with valuables, aside from everything that was given as a [b]voluntary offering. (C)Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (D)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 (E)Sheshbazzar, the leader of Judah. Now this was their number: thirty (F)gold dishes, a thousand silver dishes, twenty nine [c]duplicates; 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind, and a thousand other articles. 11 All the articles of gold and silver totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:6 Lit strengthened their hands
  2. Ezra 1:6 Or freewill offering
  3. Ezra 1:9 Heb obscure; other possible meanings are knives, censers

Holy Vessels Restored

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, (A)even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. All those about them [a](B)encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering. (C)Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (D)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 (E)Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. Now this was their number: 30 (F)gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 [b]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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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:6 Lit strengthened their hands
  2. Ezra 1:9 Heb obscure; other possible meanings are knives, censers