John Gill Commentary Ezra 8:25

John Gill Commentary

Ezra 8:25

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Ezra 8:25

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:" — Ezra 8:25 (ASV)

And I weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the
vessels
When he delivered them to them; this he did as a proof of his own integrity and faithfulness, and as a security against any charge or accusation of embezzling any part of them, and to set them an example, and also that they might be under no temptation of acting such a part, and might be vindicated should they be charged with it: even

the offering of the house of our God ;
what was freely offered for the service of it:

which the king and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel
there present, had offered ;
as freewill offerings, see (Ezra 7:15Ezra 7:16) .