John Trapp on Ezra 1:9

Verſe 9. And this is the number of them] Had they not beene things of great price and uſe, they would not have beene numbered, Cant. 6.8. The Queenes and Concubines are numbered how many; but not the Virgins, that bring not forth fruit to God. Men uſe not to count how many pibbles they have in their yard, or piles of graſſe in their field, as they do how many pence in their purſe, or ſheepe in their fold. When the Great God ſhall count his peoples flittings, bottle up their teares (as ſweet water) book up their ſighs (as memorable matters) Pſal. 56.8. ſhall we not ſay of them as the Jewes did of Lazarus, when Jeſus wept, Behold how he loves them? When the very hairs of their head are all numbered, Matth. 10.30. ſo that not one of them falleth to the ground without their heavenly Father, what ſtore think we, ſetteth He by their perſons, by their performances? I know thy work, and thy labour, Rev. 2.19. I pitie this people, they have beene with me now three dayes, and faſting they are, and farre from home, and faint they may, if ſent away empty, Matth. 15.32. Lo, is not this a wonderful condeſcenſion, that Chriſt ſhould conſider tantus tantillos & tales, and reckon every circumſtance of their ſervice ſo particularly and punctually, that he might give to every man according to his works? Oh his Jewels, his book of remembrance, &c. Mal. 3.16, 17! See the Notes there.

Thirty chargers] Serving to hold ſuch parts of the Sacrifices as were to be eaten by the Prieſts and others.

Nine and twenty knives] Sacrificing knives, richly hafted.