Ezra 7:19 (KJV)

Passage

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

Ezra 7:19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

Ezra 7:21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "vessels", "given", "thee", "service", "house", "deliver", "thou", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "vessels" and "given", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And whatsoever shall seem good to thee..." into verse 20's "And whatsoever more shall be needful for...", so "vessels" and "given" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "vessels" and "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.