16. with all the silver and gold which you find in the whole province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and of the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;
17. with this money, therefore, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings and offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18. Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God.
19. Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
20. The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury.