Ezra 8:24-34
Sherebiah Ezra 8:18-19 weighed Ezra 8:33, Ezra 1:8; 2Cor 8:20-21; Phil 4:8 the silver Ezra 7:15-16 fine copper Heb. yellow, or shining brass, The Syriac renders, nechosho korinthyo tovo, "good Corinthian brass;" so called from the brass found after the burning of Corinth by Lucius Mummius, which was, as is generally supposed, brass, copper, silver, and gold, melted together. Sir J. Chardin, however, in a manuscript note, cited by Harmer, mentioned a factitious metal used in the East, and highly esteemed there, which might probably be of an origin as ancient as Ezra. He says, "I have heard some Dutch gentlemen speak of a metal in the island of Sumatra, and among the Macassars, much more esteemed than gold, which royal personages alone are privileged to wear. It is a mixture, if I remember right, of gold and steel, or copper and steel." He afterwards added, "calmbac is the name of this metal, which is composed of gold and copper." precious Heb. desirable, Lam 4:2 Ye are holy Lev 21:6-8; Deut 33:8; Isa 52:11 the vessels Ezra 1:7-11; Lev 22:2-3; Num 4:4-15, Num 4:19-20, Num 7:13, Num 7:84-88; 1Kgs 7:48-51; 1Chr 23:28; 2Chr 24:14 Watch ye 1Chr 26:20-26; Mark 13:34-35; Acts 20:31; 2Tim 4:5 until ye weigh them before Ezra 8:33-34 the house of our God Ezra 8:22; 1Chr 29:2-3; Ps 122:9; Isa 60:13 the river of Ahava Ezra 8:15, Ezra 8:21 the hand Ezra 8:22, Ezra 7:9, Ezra 7:28; Job 5:19-24; Ps 91:9-14; Isa 41:10-14; Acts 25:3, Acts 26:22 and he delivered Ezra and his company had now entered upon a journey of several hundred miles through the desert, which they were nearly four months in completing, encumbered with families and possessions, and carrying large treasures with them, which would invite the attempts of the Arabian hordes, and others, that infested that neighbourhood; yet, having declared to the king, "that the hand of God was upon all them for good that seek him, and that his power and wrath were against all them that forsook him," (Ezra 8:22), he determined to travel without a guard, except that of the Almighty, being ashamed to ask any other, after his former avowed confidence in Him! Having, therefore, humbled themselves before the Lord, and besought his guidance and protection, he was intreated by them, their enemies were restrained or disabled, and they arrived unmolested at Jerusalem. Ezra 7:8-9; Neh 2:11 weighed Ezra 8:26, Ezra 8:30; 1Chr 28:14-18; 2Cor 8:20-21 Meremoth Neh 10:5 Uriah Neh 3:4, Urijah Jozabad Neh 8:7 Binnui Neh 10:9
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