Ezra 8:25–34

²⁵Then I weighed out to them silver and gold and the vessels, the offering of the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his commanders, and all of Israel who was present offered. ²⁶I weighed out into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, one hundred vessels of silver, one hundred talents of gold, ²⁷twenty gold bowls worth one thousand darics, and two vessels of good polished bronze as precious as gold. ²⁸And I said to them, “You are holy to Yahweh and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, God of your ancestors.^{u 29}Guard and look after them until you weigh them before the chief priests, the Levites, and the heads of the families^v of Israel in Jerusalem, in the chamber of the house of Yahweh.” ³⁰So the priests and Levites took over the weighed silver, gold, and the vessels to bring to Jerusalem for the house of our God.

Return to Jerusalem

³¹On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the river of Ahava to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushing on the way. ³²We came to Jerusalem and remained there three days. ³³On the fourth day, the silver, gold, and vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hand of priest Meremoth, the son of Uriah, and with him Eleazar son of Phinehas. With them were the Levites, Jehozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui. ³⁴The amount and weight of all the weighed items was recorded at that time.