Ezra 8:31
King James Version
“Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth 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 of such as lay in wait by the way.”
Context
28And I said unto them, Ye holy unto the LORD; the vessels holy also; and the silver and the gold a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.
29Watch ye, and keep until ye weigh before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.
30So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.
31Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth 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 of such as lay in wait by the way.
32And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
33Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34By number by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.