This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
Parallel translations
- WEB This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
- KJV And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
- NKJV This is the number of them: thirty gold platters, one thousand silver platters, twenty-nine knives,
- NASB Now this was their number: thirty gold dishes, a thousand silver dishes, twenty nine duplicates;
- NLT This is a list of the items that were returned: gold basins 30silver basins 1,000silver incense burners 29
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Quick answer
An itemized list of the returned gold and silver vessels begins here. The detail shows the inventory was kept with exact care.
Overview
Scripture records the specific number of platters and knives restored, reflecting the value placed on every item devoted to God's service. Such precise record-keeping is typical of Ezra's concern for the integrity of temple worship. It reminds us that God notices and honors faithful stewardship of what is dedicated to Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- 2 Chr 4:21–22the flowers, lamps, and tongs of gold—of purest gold;
- Matt 14:8Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
- Ezra 8:2720 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- 1 Kgs 7:50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- 2 Chr 4:11Additionally, Huram made the pots, shovels, and sprinkling bowls. So Huram finished the work that he had undertaken for King Solomon in the house of God:
- 2 Chr 4:8Additionally, he made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold bowls.
- Matt 10:29–31Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
- Num 7:19–89The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- 2 Chr 24:14When they were finished, they brought the rest of the money to the king and Jehoiada to make with it the articles for the house of the LORD—utensils for the service and for the burnt offerings, dishes, and other objects of gold and silver. Throughout the days of Jehoiada, burnt offerings were presented regularly in the house of the LORD.
- Num 7:13His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
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