Ezra 8:25-35

25and I 1weighed out to them 2the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king, 3his counselors, his officials, and all Israel who were present there had contributed. 264So I weighed into their hands 5650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 6a hundred talents, and a hundred gold talents, 27and twenty gold bowls worth a thousand 7darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. 28Then I said to them, “8You are holy to the Lord, and the 9utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a 10voluntary offering to the Lord God of your fathers. 29Watch and keep them 11until 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.” 30So the priests and the Levites 12accepted the weight of silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

31Then we journeyed from 13the river Ahava on 14the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and 15the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the road. 3216So we came to Jerusalem and remained there for three days. 33And on the fourth day the silver, the gold, and the utensils 17were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of 18Meremoth 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. 34A notation was made for everything by number and weight, and all the weight was recorded at that time.

3519The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: 20twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to the Lord.