The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.
- 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 they will call Jerusalem ‘Yahweh’s Throne;’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Yahweh’s name, to Jerusalem. They will no longer walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.
- Ezra 8:27–30twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.
- Ezra 8:33–34On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levite;
- 2 Chr 32:19They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men’s 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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