Ezra 8:28 — Meaning and Application

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;

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}

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.

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.

So 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.