Ezra:8:21-31
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Then I proclaimed a fast there ,
at the river of Ahava ,
that we might afflict ourselves before our God ,
to seek of him a right way for us ,
and for our little ones ,
and for all our substance .
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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way :
because we had spoken unto the king ,
saying ,
The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ;
but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him .
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So we fasted and besought our God for this :
and he was intreated of us .
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Then I separated twelve sh @
nayim #
of the chief of the priests ,
Sherebiah ,
Hashabiah ,
and ten of their brethren with them ,
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And weighed unto them the silver ,
and the gold ,
and the vessels ,
even the offering of the house of our God ,
which the king ,
and his counsellors ,
and his lords ,
and all Israel there present ,
had offered :
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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 ;
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Also twenty basons of gold ,
of a thousand drams ;
and two vessels of fine towb #
copper ,
precious as gold .
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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 .
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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 Yisra #
el #,
at Jerusalem ,
in the chambers of the house of the LORD .
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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 .
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth sh @
nayim #
day of the first month ,
to go unto Jerusalem :
and the hand of our God was upon us ,
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy ,
and of such as lay in wait by the way .