Ezra 1:4
1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors 1 with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”
Ezra 7:16
7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect 2 throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 8:25
8:25 and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God – items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed.
Ezra 8:28
8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers.
Ezra 8:30
8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of 3 the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
1 tn Heb “the men of his place.”
2 tn Aram “find.”
3 tn Heb “received.”