All the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought the tax, and put it in the chest until it was full.
2 Chronicles 24:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that the tax God’s servant Moses imposed on Israel in the wilderness be brought to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. American Standard Version (1901) And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for Jehovah the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. Common English Bible Then a proclamation was issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the LORD the tax that God’s servant Moses had imposed on Israel in the wilderness. Catholic Public Domain Version And they proclaimed, in Judah and Jerusalem, that each one should bring to the Lord the money that Moses, the servant of God, appointed in the desert, concerning all of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And they made a proclamation in Juda and Jerusalem, that every man should bring to the Lord the money which Moses the servant of God appointed for all Israel in the desert. |
All the leaders and all the people rejoiced, brought the tax, and put it in the chest until it was full.
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, ‘Why haven’t you required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by the Lord’s servant Moses and the assembly of Israel for the tent of the testimony?
In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:
‘When you take a census of the Israelites to register them, each of the men must pay a ransom for his life to the Lord as they are registered. Then no plague will come on them as they are registered.