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Ezra 8:30

So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem, unto the house of our God, they accepted the commission with the same solemnity with which it was tendered.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_ 2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15) 3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21) 4. The appointment of guardians ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GATHERING TOGETHER OF THE EXILES AT AHAVA. The narrative is told here in the first person. Ezra 8:15. Ahava: _cf._ Ezra 8:21; Ezra 8:31; this seems to have been a place which gave its name to one...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    4. They took along certain treasures, which were entrusted to priests on the journey and were delivered safely at Jerusalem. TEXT, EZRA 8:24-30 24 Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sh...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND I SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE HOLY UNTO THE LORD; THE VESSELS ARE HOLY ALSO; AND THE SILVER AND THE GOLD ARE A FREEWILL OFFERING UNTO THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY 1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of such doubtless increased the tend...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TOOK.. SILVER] i.e. took the silver weighed out to them (Ezra 8:26)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families. They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ קִבְּלוּ֙ הַ כֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ הַ לְוִיִּ֔ם

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS Ezra 8:24 Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1 Timothy 1:11; 1 T...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is there not a sweet spiritual instruction here? Doth not the apostle, in allusion to gospel treasures for himself and his faithful companions, observe, we have this treasure in earthen vessels. 2 Cor...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SO TOOK THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES,.... The twelve priests and twelve Levites, mentioned in Ezra 8:24, THE WEIGHT OF THE SILVER AND THE GOLD, AND THE VESSELS, TO BRING THEM TO JERUSALEM UNTO THE HOU...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring [them] to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. Ver. 30. _So took the priests and the Levites_] Th...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon. 15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple. 21 He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests. 31 Fro...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS (vv. 1-14) Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been present, but are not ment...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    24-30 Do we expect that God should, by his providence, keep that which belongs to us, let us, by his grace, keep that which belongs to him. Let God's honour and interest be our care; and then we may e...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 8:30 priests H3548 Levites H3881 received H6901 (H8765) silver H3701 gold H2091 articles H3627 weight H4948 bring...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA ENTRUSTS THE GIFTS FOR THE HOUSE OF YHWH INTO THE HANDS OF TWELVE CHIEF PRIESTS FOR THEM TO GUARD ON THE JOURNEY (EZRA 8:24). It is never right to use faith as an excuse for foolishness. So havin...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem. Treasure placed in the temple. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar, Jozabad, Noadiah. CONCLUSION: God's serv...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam. Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And weighed unto them the silver and the gold, and the vessels._ THE GUARDIANSHIP OF THE SACRED TREASURES I. The treasures to be guarded. 1. Valuable in themselves. 2. Valuable as being consecrat...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees, Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:28 The priests themselves are HOLY TO THE LORD (Exodus 29:1). They are set aside for his service, as are the precious metals

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZRA 8:21 THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to "proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites. Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra, totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 29:2; 1 Chronicles 29:3; Ezra 8:22; Isaiah 60:13;...

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