John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 8:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, etc.] When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and faithfulness, and as a security against any charge or accusation of embezzling any part of them, and to set them an example, and also that they might be under no temptation of acting such a part, and might be vindicated should they be charged with it: even the offering of the house of our God; what was freely offered for the service of it: which the king and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered; as freewill offerings, (see <150715>Ezra 7:15,16).

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