Ezra 8:29-31

The Voice

²⁹Guard these things until you reach the rooms of the Eternal’s temple. There, the head priests, the Levites, and the tribal leaders already living in Jerusalem will weigh them and make sure the same amount reached the temple as left Babylon.

³⁰The priests and Levites accepted their commission and carried the carefully measured goods to our True God’s temple in Jerusalem. ³¹We left the banks of the Ahava River on the 12th day of the 1st month. On our 4-month journey to Jerusalem, the True God did indeed protect us—He saved us from any enemies or skirmishes along our journey.

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