Ezra 7:19 (LSB)

Passage

Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:17 with this money, therefore, you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and bring them near to the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:18 And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God.

Ezra 7:19 Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:20 The rest of the needs for the house of your God, which may fall upon you to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury.

Ezra 7:21 “So I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may ask of you, it shall be done with all diligence,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 18's "And whatever seems good to you and..." into verse 20's "The rest of the needs for the...", so "utensils" 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 "utensils" and "given" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.