Ezra 8:24-34 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 8:24-30

We have here an account of the particular care which Ezra took of the treasure he had with him, that belonged to God's sanctuary, Observe, 1. Having committed the keeping of it to God, he committed the keeping of it to proper men, whose business it was to watch it, though without God they would have waked in vain. Note, Our prayers must always be seconded with our endeavours; the care of Christ's gospel, his church, and ordinances, must not be so left with him but that it must also be... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 8:31-36

We are now to attend Ezra to Jerusalem, a journey of about four months in all; but his multitude made his marches slow and his stages short. Now here we are told, I. That his God was good, and he acknowledged his goodness: The hand of our God was upon us, to animate us for our undertaking. To him they owed it, 1. That they were preserved in their journey, and not all cut off; for there were enemies that laid wait for them by the way to do them a mischief, or at least, like Amalek, to smite the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:24

Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ,.... That were in company with him; so that it seems there were more than the two mentioned, Ezra 8:2 , very probably their families, or some of their brethren, were with them: Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them ; these men named were Levites, and not priests, Ezra 8:18 and therefore the copulative "and" must be supplied: and Sherebiah , &c.; or with the twelve priests, Sherebiah, &c.; and ten... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:25

And I weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels ,.... When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and faithfulness, and as a security against any charge or accusation of embezzling any part of them, and to set them an example, and also that they might be under no temptation of acting such a part, and might be vindicated should they be charged with it: even the offering of the house of our God ; what was freely offered for the service of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:26

I even weighed unto their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver ,.... Which, according to Scheuchzer F1 Physica Sacra, vol. 4. p. 651. amount to 975,000 imperials, and, of our money, 2,229,450 pounds sterling: and silver vessels one hundred talents; which came to 35,300 pounds, or 50,000 imperials; according to Jarchi, there were one hundred vessels, and every vessel weighed a talent, and so Aben Ezra, which, with Brerewood F2 De Pond. & Pret. Vet. Num. c. 4. , was three... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:27

Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams ,.... Which were upwards of 1000 pounds of our money; for Bishop Cumberland says F5 Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 4. p. 115. , the Persian "daric", "drachma", or "drachm", weighed twenty shillings and four pence; and, according to Dr. Bernard, it exceeded one of our guineas by two grains; see Gill on 1 Chronicles 29:7 . and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold ; which perhaps is the same with the Indian or Persian... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:28

And I said unto them, ye are holy unto the Lord, the vessels are holy also ,.... As they were dedicated and set apart to holy service, so the vessels were sacred to holy uses, and therefore not to be converted to any other: and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord God of your fathers : and therefore not to be made use of but in his service. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:29

Watch ye, and keep them ,.... The vessels, the gold, and the silver, that they be not hurt and diminished: until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord : that is, until they had delivered them in full weight, as they had received them, in the presence of those persons as witnesses, and into their hands, in order to be laid up in the chambers and treasuries of the temple. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:30

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 house of our God ; this they undertook to do, and did. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:31

Then we departed from the river of Ahava, on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem ,.... The month Nisan, answering to part of March and part of April; this was two days before the passover began: and the hand of our God was upon us ; guiding, directing, and protecting them by his providence: and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way ; either by intimidating them, that they dared not attack them, or by directing them to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 8:24-30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezra 8:31-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezra 8:31

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