Ezra 7:15
Good News Translation
You are to take with you the gold and silver offerings which I and my counselors desire to give to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
and also to convey the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

Contemporary English Version
When you go, take the silver and gold that I and my advisors are freely giving to the God of Israel, whose temple is in Jerusalem.

New American Bible
and to bring the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely contributed to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.

the silver

Ezra 6:4,8-10 Three rows of unpolished stones, and so rows of new timber: and the charges shall be given out of the king's house. . . .

Psalm 68:29,30 From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee. . . .

Psalm 72:10 The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts:

Psalm 76:11 Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round about him bring presents. To him that is terrible,

Isaiah 60:6-9 The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Madian and Epha: all they from Saba shall come, bringing gold and frankincense: and shewing forth praise to the Lord. . . .

Revelation 21:24-26 And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth shall bring their glory and honour into it. . . .

whose habitation

Ezra 6:12 And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist, and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with.

2 Chronicles 2:6 Who then can be able to build him a worthy house? if heaven, and the heavens of heavens cannot contain him: who am I that I should be able to build him a house? but to this end only, that incense may be burnt before him.

2 Chronicles 6:2,6 But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever. . . .

Psalm 9:11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalm 26:8 I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

Psalm 76:2 And his place is in peace: and his abode in Sion:

Psalm 135:21 Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.

Context
Artaxerxes' Letter for Ezra
14For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is in thy hand. 15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.16And all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, and that the people is willing to offer, and that the priests shall offer of their own accord to the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem,…
Cross References
2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built a house to his name, that he might dwell there for ever.

Ezra 6:12
And may the God, that hath caused his name to dwell there, destroy all kingdoms, and the people that shall put out their hand to resist, and to destroy the house of God, that is in Jerusalem. I Darius have made the decree, which I will have diligently complied with.

Ezra 7:14
For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.

Ezra 8:25
And I weighed unto them the silver and gold, and the vessels consecrated for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel, that were found had offered.

Psalm 135:21
Blessed be the Lord out of Sion, who dwelleth in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:14
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