Ezra 8:24-30
English Standard Version
Priests to Guard Offerings
24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests: (A)Sherebiah, (B)Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen with them. 25 And I weighed out to them the (C)silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his (D)counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered. 26 (E)I weighed out into their hand 650 talents[a] of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents,[b] and 100 talents of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics,[c] and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, (F)“You are holy to the Lord, and (G)the vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 29 Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers' houses in Israel at Jerusalem, (H)within the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites (I)took over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.
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Ezra 8:24-30
New American Standard Bible
24 Then I selected twelve of the leading priests: (A)Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; 25 and I (B)weighed out to them (C)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, (D)his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed. 26 (E)So I weighed into their hands [a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth [b]a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27 and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand [c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28 Then I said to them, “(F)You are holy to the Lord, and the (G)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a [d]voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29 Watch and keep them (H)until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers’ households of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites (I)accepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.
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