This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
Parallel translations
- KJV And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
- BSB This was the inventory: 30 gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 silver utensils,
- 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
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- 2 Chr 4:21–22and the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold that was perfect gold;
- Matt 14:8She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
- Ezra 8:27twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
- 1 Kgs 7:50the cups, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans, of pure gold; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, of the temple, of gold.
- 2 Chr 4:11Huram made the pots, the shovels, and the basins. So Huram finished doing the work that he did for king Solomon in God’s house:
- 2 Chr 4:8He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. He made one hundred basins of gold.
- Matt 10:29–31“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,
- Num 7:19–89He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- 2 Chr 24:14When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, from which were made vessels for Yahweh’s house, even vessels with which to minister and to offer, including spoons and vessels of gold and silver. They offered burnt offerings in Yahweh’s house continually all the days of Jehoiada.
- Num 7:13and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
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