²⁵ And I weighed out to them the ^(A)silver and the gold and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God that the king and his ^(B)counselors and his lords and all Israel there present had offered.

³³ On the fourth day, within the house of our God, the silver and the gold and the vessels were ^(A)weighed into the hands of ^(B)Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were the Levites, ^(C)Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of ^(D)Binnui.

¹⁴ For you are sent by the king ^(A)and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand, ¹⁵ and also to carry the silver and gold that the king ^(B)and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, ^(C)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, ^16 (D)with all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and ^(E)with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem.

⁸ Cyrus king of Persia brought these out in the charge of ^(A)Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to ^(B)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

⁸ Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

²⁰ We take this course so that no one should blame us about this generous gift that is being administered by us, ²¹ for ^(A)we aim at what is honorable ^(B)not only in the Lord's sight but also in the sight of man.