Ezra 8:28 · KJV
“And I said unto them, Ye {are} holy unto the LORD; the vessels {are} holy also; and the silver and the gold {are} a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.”
— Ezra 8:28
Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. {fine...: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass} {precious: Heb. desirable}
Watch ye, and keep {them}, until ye weigh {them} before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
Ezra 8 — Context
I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, {and} of gold an hundred talents;
27Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. {fine...: Heb. yellow, or, shining brass} {precious: Heb. desirable}
28And I said unto them, Ye {are} holy unto the LORD; the vessels {are} holy also; and the silver and the gold {are} a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
29Watch ye, and keep {them}, until ye weigh {them} before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
30So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring {them} to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
Cross References
Leviticus 22:2-3
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name {in those things} which they hallow unto me: I {am} the LORD.
Leviticus 21:6-8
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, {and} the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
Numbers 4:19-20
But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:
Isaiah 52:11
Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean {thing}; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.
Ezra 1:7-11
Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
1 Chronicles 23:28
Because their office {was} to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; {their...: Heb. their station was at the hand of the sons of Aaron}
1 Kings 7:48-51
And Solomon made all the vessels that {pertained} unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread {was},
2 Chronicles 24:14
And when they had finished {it}, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, {even} vessels to minister, and to offer {withal}, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. {to offer...: or, pestils}