24. From among the leading priests I chose Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten others.
25. Then I weighed out the silver, the gold, and the utensils which the emperor, his advisers and officials, and the people of Israel had given to be used in the Temple, and I gave it to the priests.
26-27. This is what I gave them:silver — 22 tonnes100 silver utensils — seventy kilogrammesgold — 3.4 tonnestwenty gold bowls — 8.4 kilogrammestwo fine bronze bowls, equal in value to gold bowls
28. I said to them, “You are sacred to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and so are all the silver and gold utensils brought to him as freewill offerings.