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Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And certain of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, they offered willingly unto the house of God, that it should be set in his place;
New American Standard Bible
Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to
King James Version
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:
Holman Bible
After they arrived at the Lord’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings
International Standard Version
When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families contributed toward building the Temple of God on its former site.
A Conservative Version
And some of the heads of fathers, when they came to the house of LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place.
American Standard Version
And some of the heads of fathers houses , when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:
Amplified
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Bible in Basic English
And some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, gave freely of their wealth for the building up of the house of God in its place:
Darby Translation
And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.
Julia Smith Translation
And from the heads of the fathers in their coming to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, gave willingly to the house of God to cause it to stand upon its foundation:
King James 2000
And some of the heads of the fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place:
Lexham Expanded Bible
When [some] of the heads of {families} came to the house of Yahweh that [is] in Jerusalem, they gave freewill offerings for the house of God to erect it on its place.
Modern King James verseion
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.
NET Bible
When they came to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site.
New Heart English Bible
Some of the heads of ancestral houses, when they came to the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for God's house to set it up in its place:
The Emphasized Bible
And, a portion of the ancestral chiefs, when they came to the house of Yahweh which was in Jerusalem, offered voluntarily for the house of God, to set it up on its basis.
Webster
And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place:
World English Bible
Some of the heads of fathers' [houses], when they came to the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:
Youngs Literal Translation
And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that is in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base;
Themes
Liberality » Instances of » Jews after the captivity
priests » Garments of » Often provided by the people
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 2:68
Images Ezra 2:68
Prayers for Ezra 2:68
Verse Info
Context Readings
Gifts Given For Temple Work
67 four hundred and five and thirty camels, and six thousand, seven hundred and twenty asses. 68 And certain of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, they offered willingly unto the house of God, that it should be set in his place; 69 and gave after their ability, unto the treasure of the work, one and three score thousand drams, and five thousand pounds of silver, and a hundred priests' garments.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 35:5-19
'Give from among you a heave offering, unto the LORD. All that are willing in their hearts, shall bring heave offerings unto the LORD: gold, silver, brass:
Exodus 35:29
And the children of Israel brought willing offerings unto the LORD; both men and women, as many as their hearts made them willing to bring, for all manner works which the LORD had commanded to make by the hand of Moses.
Exodus 36:3
And they received of Moses all the heave offerings which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the holy service to make it withal. And they brought, beside that, willing offerings every morning.
Numbers 7:3-89
offered and brought their gifts before the LORD: six covered chariots and twelve oxen, two and two a chariot and an ox every man, and they brought them before the habitation.
1 Chronicles 21:18
And the Angel commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go and rear up an altar unto the LORD, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 Chronicles 22:1
And David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this the burnt offering altar for Israel."
1 Chronicles 29:5-17
to sile the walls of the house with gold where it becometh, and with silver where silver is meet, and for all manner of work by the hands of Artificers. And let me see who is willing also, to fill his hand for the LORD this day."
2 Chronicles 3:1
And Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, which was showed David his father when he prepared a place in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Ezra 3:3
And the altar set they upon his sockets - for there was a fearfulness among them because of the nations and the lands - and offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, in the morning and at evening.
Nehemiah 7:70-73
And certain of the ancient fathers gave unto the work. Hathirsatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams, fifty basens, five hundred and thirty priests' garments.
Psalm 110:3
In the day of thy power shall thy people offer thee free-will offerings with a holy worship; the dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.
Luke 21:1-4
As he beheld, he saw the rich men, how they cast in their offerings into the treasury.
2 Corinthians 8:3
For to their powers - I bear them record - yea and beyond their power, they were willing of their own accord,
2 Corinthians 8:12
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
2 Corinthians 9:7
And let every man do according as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgingly, or of necessity. For God loveth a cheerful giver.