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This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
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Sacred Tools for Worship
Commentators suggest these were not just valuable treasures but specific tools for worship. John Gill proposes the platters were used to collect the blood of sacrifices and the knives were used by priests. The detailed list emphasizes that the return from exile was about restoring proper, God-ordained worship at the temple.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Chargers - The word in the original so translated occurs only in this passage. Its meaning is doubtful. Some derive it from a Hebrew root, …
19th Century
Anglican
Immediate result of the decree.
(5) With all them whose spirit God had raised. — Namely, all is the more …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And this is the number of them Of the vessels delivered, as follows:
thirty chargers of gold, a t…
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