Ezra 8:25-34

New American Standard Bible

²⁵ and I ^(A)weighed out to them ^(B)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, ^(C)his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed. ^26 (D)So I weighed into their hands ^[a]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth ^[b]a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, ²⁷ and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand ^[c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. ²⁸ Then I said to them, “^(E)You are holy to the Lord, and the ^(F)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a ^[d]voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them ^(G)until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the fathers’ households of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.” ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites ^(H)accepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

³¹ Then we journeyed from ^(I)the river Ahava on ^(J)the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and ^(K)the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the road. ^32 (L)So we came to Jerusalem and remained there for three days.

Treasure Placed in the Temple

³³ And on the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the utensils ^(M)were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of ^(N)Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui. ³⁴ A notation was made for everything by number and weight, and all the weight was recorded at that time.