1 Esdras 8:16-18

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Whatever you and your people wish to do with the gold and silver, do it according to God’s will. ¹⁷ Deliver the Lord’s holy equipment that is given to you for use in your God’s temple in Jerusalem. ¹⁸ Whatever else you think of that is needed in your God’s temple, pay for it out of the royal treasury.