24Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests—Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers.
25I weighed out to them the silver, gold, and articles—the offering for the house of our God that the king, his counselors, his officials, and all the Israelites who were present had donated.
26And I weighed out into their hands 650 talents of silver, 100 silver vessels worth talents, and 100 talents of gold.
27Also, twenty gold basins worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of polished bronze, as desirable as gold.
28I said to them, 'You are holy to the LORD, and the vessels are holy. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors.'
29Be diligent and guard them until you weigh them out in the presence of the leading priests, the Levites, and the leaders of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, within the chambers of the house of the LORD.
30So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, gold, and vessels to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.
31Then we set out from the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes along the way.
32We arrived in Jerusalem and rested there for three days.