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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.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:31 The Heb. lacks day
  2. Ezra 8:31 Lit. hand
  3. Ezra 8:31 Lit. hand

29 Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.” 30 Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.

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