1 Esdras 8:13-15

Revised Standard Version

¹³ and to carry to Jerusalem the gifts for the Lord of Israel which I and my friends have vowed, and to collect for the Lord in Jerusalem all the gold and silver that may be found in the country of Babylonia, ¹⁴ together with what is given by the nation for the temple of their Lord which is in Jerusalem, both gold and silver for bulls and rams and lambs and what goes with them, ¹⁵ so as to offer sacrifices upon the altar of their Lord which is in Jerusalem.