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Ezra 7:19

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does Ezra 7:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:19 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezra 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
16and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill-offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
17therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.
19And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
20And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king`s treasure-house.
21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
22unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The vessels also that were given thee for the service of the house of thy God, etc.] These were vessels of silver, basins of gold, and vessels of fine copper; not what formerly belonged to the temple, they were delivered by Cyrus to Sheshbazzar; but what the present king and his counsellors freely offered at this time, (see <150825>Ezra 8:25,26), those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem; perfect and complete, the full number of them, as the word signifies f78; meaning not to be delivered before him, or in his presence, as a witness thereof, but that they should be dedicated and devoted to his service, who was worshipped in the temple at Jerusalem, and by the inhabitants of it; he seems…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“The vessels: Ezr 8:27-30, Ezr 8:33, Ezr 8:34 the God of Jerusalem: Ch2 32:19; Jer 3:17 Ezra 7:20”
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