Ezra 8:25-35

Ezra 8:25-35

[25] And weighed  unto them the silver,  and the gold,  and the vessels,  even the offering  of the house  of our God,  which the king,  and his counsellors,  and his lords,  and all Israel  there present,  had offered:  [26] I even weighed  unto their hand  six  hundred  and fifty  talents  of silver,  vessels  an hundred  talents,  and of gold  an hundred  talents;  [27] Also twenty  basons  of gold,  of a thousand  drams;  and two  vessels  of fine  copper,  precious  as gold.  [28] And I said  unto them, Ye are holy  unto the LORD;  the vessels  are holy  also; and the silver  and the gold  are a freewill offering  unto the LORD  God  of your fathers.  [29] Watch  ye, and keep  them, until ye weigh  them before  the chief  of the priests  and the Levites,  and chief  of the fathers  of Israel,  at Jerusalem,  in the chambers  of the house  of the LORD.  [30] So took  the priests  and the Levites  the weight  of the silver,  and the gold,  and the vessels,  to bring  them to Jerusalem  unto the house  of our God.  [31] Then we departed  from the river  of Ahava  on the twelfth  day of the first  month,  unto Jerusalem:  and the hand  of our God  was upon us, and he delivered  us from the hand  of the enemy,  and of such as lay in wait  by the way.  [32] And we came  to Jerusalem,  and abode  there three  days.  [33] Now on the fourth  day  was the silver  and the gold  and the vessels  weighed  in the house  of our God  by the hand  of Meremoth  the son  of Uriah  the priest;  and with him was Eleazar  the son  of Phinehas;  and with them was Jozabad  the son  of Jeshua,  and Noadiah  the son  of Binnui,  Levites;  [34] By number  and by weight  was written  at that time.  [35] Also the children  of those that had been carried away,  which were come out  of the captivity,  offered  burnt offerings  unto the God  of Israel,  twelve  bullocks  for all Israel,  ninety  and six  rams,  seventy  and seven  lambs,  twelve  he goats  for a sin offering:  all this was a burnt offering  unto the LORD.