Somefrom among the headsof fathers'[households] gaveto the work.The governorgaveto the treasury1000golddrachmas,50basins,530priests'garments.
and the pailsand the shovelsand the bowls;even alltheseutensilswhichHirammadefor KingSolomon[in] the houseof the LORD[were] of polishedbronze.
and the forks,the basins,and the pitchersof puregold;and for the goldenbowlswith the weightfor eachbowl;and for the silverbowlswith the weightfor eachbowl;
Huramalso madethe pails,the shovelsand the bowls.So Huramfinisheddoingthe workwhich he performedfor KingSolomonin the houseof God:
He also madetentablesand placedthem in the temple,fiveon the rightsideand fiveon the left.And he madeone hundredgoldenbowls.
Now on the sealeddocument [were the names of]: Nehemiahthe governor,the sonof Hacaliah,and Zedekiah,
The governorsaidto them that they should not eatfrom the mostholythingsuntila priestarosewith Urimand Thummim.
[their] camels,435;[their] donkeys,6720
Someof the headsof fathers'[households] gaveinto the treasuryof the work20000golddrachmasand 2,200silverminas.
Then Nehemiah,whowas the governor,and Ezrathe priest[and] scribe,and the Leviteswho taughtthe peoplesaidto allthe people,"Thisdayis holyto the LORDyour God;do not mournor weep."For allthe peoplewere weepingwhen they heardthe wordsof the law.
"You shall takea bunchof hyssopand dipit in the bloodwhichis in the basin,and applysomeof the bloodthat is in the basinto the linteland the twodoorposts;and noneof you shall gooutsidethe doorof his houseuntilmorning.
Mosestookhalfof the bloodand put[it] in basins,and the [other] halfof the bloodhe sprinkledon the altar.
The captainof the guardalso tookaway the bowls,the firepans,the basins,the pots,the lampstands,the pansand the drinkofferingbowls,whatwas finegoldand whatwas finesilver.
