1 Esdras 5:43-45

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⁴³ Some of the heads of families, when they came to the temple of God that is in Jerusalem, vowed that, to the best of their ability, they would erect the house on its site ⁴⁴ and that they would give to the sacred treasury for the work a thousand minas of gold, five thousand minas of silver, and one hundred priests’ vestments.

⁴⁵ The priests, the Levites, and some of the people^[a] settled in Jerusalem and its region and the temple singers, the gatekeepers, and all Israel in their towns.^(A)