16 Whatever you and your kindred decide to do with gold and silver, do that according to the will of your God. (WEB)
1 Esdras 8:16
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Ezra 8:27–29
27 20 gold bowls valued at 1,000 darics, and two articles of fine polished bronze, as precious as gold. 28 Then I told them, “You are holy to the LORD, and these articles are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your fathers. 29 Guar…
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