1 Esdras 8:11-13

Revised Standard Version

¹¹ Let as many as are so disposed, therefore, depart with you as I and the seven friends who are my counselors have decided, ¹² in order to look into matters in Judea and Jerusalem, in accordance with what is in the law of the Lord, ¹³ and to carry to Jerusalem the gifts for the Lord of Israel which I and my friends have vowed, and to collect for the Lord in Jerusalem all the gold and silver that may be found in the country of Babylonia,