Ezra 8:23-25

New Catholic Bible

²³ Therefore, we fasted and prayed to God to grant us a safe journey, and he answered our prayer.

²⁴ Then I selected twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten of their kinsmen. ²⁵ I weighed out in their presence the silver, the gold, and the utensils, the contributions which the king, his advisors, his officials, and all the Israelites present there had offered for the house of our God.