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Ezra 1:8
Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the administrative fulfillment of Cyrus’s decree as Jewish officials prepare to transport the sacred vessels from Babylon to Jerusalem. The words — `יַד` (yad) literally means “hand,” marking the physical agent of delivery, and `הַגִּזְבָּר` (ha-gizzbar) identifies Mithredath as the royal treasurer who supervised the count. The thread — The same personnel, inventory procedure, and Sheshbazzar’s role appear in Ezra 1:11, Ezra 5:14, and Ezra 5:16, which track the vessels and the subsequent temple foundation. Why it lands — The text asks readers to observe that covenant restoration is carried out through recorded, earthly logistics rather than miraculous bypass of human administration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
Cross-references
- Ezra 5:14 He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor
- Ezra 1:11 In all, there were 5,400 gold and silver articles. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
- Ezra 5:16 So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”
- Haggai 1:1 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 1:14 So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
- Haggai 2:2 “Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
- Zechariah 4:6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.