²⁹ Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem before the leading priests and the Levites and the family heads of Israel.”

³³ On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out^(A) the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth^(B) son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad^(C) son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.^{(D) 34} Everything was accounted for by number and weight, and the entire weight was recorded at that time.

⁵ But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship,^(A) do the work of an evangelist,^(B) discharge all the duties of your ministry.

³¹ So be on your guard! Remember that for three years^(A) I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.^(B)

³⁴ It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants^(A) in charge, each with their assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

³⁵ “Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn.

The Treasurers and Other Officials

²⁰ Their fellow Levites^(A) were^[a] in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.^(B)

²¹ The descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and who were heads of families belonging to Ladan the Gershonite,^(C) were Jehieli, ²² the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries^(D) of the temple of the Lord.

²³ From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites:^(E)