Ezra 2:68 “When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the h…”

Ezra 2:68

When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

World English Bible

Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they came to the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God’s house to set it up in its place.

American Standard Version

And some of the heads of fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

Geneva Bible 1599

And certeine of the chiefe fathers, when they came to the house of the Lord, which was in Ierusalem, they offred willingly for the house of God, to set it vp vpon his fundation.

Darby Translation

And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.

Young's Literal Translation

And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base;

Bible in Basic English

And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:

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Cross references

“offered freely”

2 Corinthians 9:7 Exodus 35:5–19 Exodus 35:29 Exodus 36:3 2 Corinthians 8:3 Numbers 7:3–89

2 Corinthians 9:7 · BSB

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Exodus 35:5–19 · BSB

Take from among you an offering to the LORD. Let everyone whose heart is willing bring an offering to the LORD: gold, silver, and bronze;

Exodus 35:29 · BSB

So all the men and women of the Israelites whose hearts prompted them brought a freewill offering to the LORD for all the work that the LORD through Moses had commanded them to do.

Exodus 36:3 · BSB

They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

2 Corinthians 8:3 · BSB

For I testify that they gave according to their ability and even beyond it. Of their own accord,

Numbers 7:3–89 · BSB

They brought as their offering before the LORD six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the tabernacle.

“in his place”

Ezra 3:3 1 Chronicles 21:18 1 Chronicles 22:1 2 Chronicles 3:1

Ezra 3:3 · BSB

They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.

1 Chronicles 21:18 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 22:1 · BSB

Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

2 Chronicles 3:1 · BSB

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.

69According to their ability, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly garments.

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