nkjv Ezra:8:21-31 SEEK
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Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava ,
that we might humble ourselves before our God ,
to seek from Him the right way for us and our little ones and all our possessions .
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For I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road ,
because we had spoken to the king ,
saying , "
The hand of our God is upon all those for good who seek Him ,
but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him ."
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So we fasted and entreated our God for this ,
and He answered our prayer .
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And I separated twelve of the leaders of the priests--Sherebiah ,
Hashabiah ,
and ten of their brethren with them --
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and weighed out to them the silver ,
the gold ,
and the articles ,
the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes ,
and all Israel who were present ,
had offered .
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I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver ,
silver articles weighing one hundred talents ,
one hundred talents of gold ,
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twenty gold basins worth a thousand drachmas ,
and two vessels of fine polished bronze ,
precious as gold .
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And I said to them , "
You are holy to the LORD ;
the articles are holy also ;
and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers .
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Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and heads of the fathers '
houses of Israel in Jerusalem ,
in the chambers of the house of the LORD ."
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So the priests and the Levites received the silver and the gold and the articles by weight ,
to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God .
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month ,
to go to Jerusalem .
And the hand of our God was upon us ,
and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambush along the road .