Ezra 8:24-30

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁴ Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, ^(A)Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; ²⁵ and I ^(B)weighed out to them ^(C)the silver, the gold and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king and ^(D)his counselors and his princes and all Israel present there had offered. ^26 (E)Thus I weighed into their hands 650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, ²⁷ and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. ²⁸ Then I said to them, “^(F)You are holy to the Lord, and the ^(G)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them ^(H)until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites ^(I)accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.