Apparently. "You are holy to the LORD . . . " 8:28. This is what Ezra told the the people who were carrying the freewill offerings of silver and gold, which the king had given them, when they returned to Jerusalem.
I'm not sure why Ezra tells them this in addition to telling them that what they are carrying is holy also. But it's a neat reminder that we are holy to God. Perhaps he said this to them because he wanted them to know that, yes these articles are holy, but before God you are too. Perhaps it's because these articles, these freewill offerings, wouldn't mean anything without the person's heart also, and so the articles were a type (an example) of what was really holy and sacred to God—the people who were carrying the items.
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