²⁴ Then I ^[a]set apart twelve of the leading priests, ^(A)Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; ²⁵ and I ^(B)weighed out to them ^(C)the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the contribution for the house of our God which the king and ^(D)his counselors and his princes and all Israel present there had offered. ^26 (E)Thus I weighed into their hands ^[b]650 talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, ²⁷ and 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 ^[c]darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. ²⁸ Then I said to them, “^(F)You are holy to Yahweh, and the ^(G)utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Yahweh, the God of your fathers. ²⁹ Watch and keep them ^(H)until you weigh them before the officials of the priests, the Levites and the officials of the fathers’ households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.” ³⁰ So the priests and the Levites ^(I)accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.