You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.
Parallel translations
- WEB The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
- KJV The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
- NKJV Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
- NASB Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
- NLT “But as for the cups we are entrusting to you for the service of the Temple of your God, deliver them all to the God of Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The sacred vessels given for the temple are to be delivered before the God of Jerusalem. Holy things are to be handled with reverent care.
Overview
Ezra is charged to bring the temple vessels and present them 'before the God of Jerusalem.' These holy objects, once carried off in the exile, are now restored for sacred use. Their careful return signals the recovery of right worship and points to God's faithfulness in restoring what was lost to His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Jer 3:17At that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
- Ezra 8:27–3020 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold.
- Ezra 8:33–34On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
- 2 Chr 32:19They spoke against the God of Jerusalem as they had spoken against the gods of the peoples of the earth—the work of human hands.
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The return from exile and the rebuilt altar keep alive the hope of a greater restoration — the true return from our deeper exile of sin accomplished by Christ.
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