Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezra 8:30

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.

30. So look the priests and the Levites ] R.V. So the priests and the Levites received. This expression goes to prove that the body of men to whom Ezra entrusted the precious things consisted of two groups of twelve, the one priests the other Levites (see on Ezr 8:24).

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

So took the priests and the Levites,…. The twelve priests and twelve Levites, mentioned in Ezr 8:24,

the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God; this they undertook to do, and did.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

30. The priests and the Levites Twelve of each class. Ezr 8:24, note.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezr 8:30 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.

Ver. 30. So took the priests and the Levites ] The great charge committed to them, and laid upon them, did not weaken, but waken, their heroic spirits.

Tu ne crede malis, sed contra audentior ito.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)