Ezra 8:32

What does Ezra 8:32 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezra 8:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Ezra 8:32 means

Upon arrival in Jerusalem, they remain three days. This pause likely allowed for rest after a demanding journey and for orderly transition into the tasks ahead. The brevity of the note underscores that, although the journey was central, the true goals lay in worship and obedience within Jerusalem. Rest precedes action; before weighing and offerings, the company regathers its strength. The three-day interval also maintains the chapter’s pattern of measured steps—assemble, assess, recruit, fast, entrust, travel, rest—reflecting disciplined dependence upon God rather than hurried activity.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there three days.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

Context

Verse 32 bridges the journey’s completion (verse 31) and the formal accounting of the treasures (verses 33–34). After three days in Jerusalem, attention will turn to weighing the silver, gold, and vessels in the house of God, verifying that what was entrusted at Ahava arrived intact. This sets the stage for renewed worship through sacrifices (verse 35) and for administrative follow-through by delivering the king’s commissions to Persian officials (verse 36). The structure keeps spiritual responsibilities and civic obligations in balance as the returned community reestablishes itself.

v.31Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

v.32This passage

v.33And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest (and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites)—

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezra 7:8

    And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

  • Nehemiah 2:11

    So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

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