Ezra 8:29-31

International Standard Version

²⁹ Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the Lord.”

³⁰ So the priests and descendants of Levi took possession of the silver, the gold, and the vessels in order to bring them to Jerusalem, to the Temple of our God.

³¹ Then we left the Ahava River for Jerusalem on the twelfth day^[a] of the first month. Our God’s protection^[b] was with us, and he delivered us from the enemy’s power^[c] and from ambush along the way.