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And there I vowed a fast unto the young men before our Lord to desire of Him a prosperous journey both for us and those who were with us, for our children, and for the cattle.
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For I was ashamed to ask the king for footmen and horsemen and an escort for safeguard against our adversaries.
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For we had said unto the king that the power of the Lord our God should be with those who seek Him to support them in all ways.
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And again we besought our Lord concerning these things, and found Him favorable unto us.
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Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah and Hashabiah and ten men of their brethren with them;
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and I weighed them the gold and the silver and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king and his council and the princes and all Israel had given.
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And when I had weighed it, I delivered unto them six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels of a hundred talents, and a hundred talents of gold,
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and twenty golden vessels, and twelve vessels of brass, even of fine brass, glittering like gold.
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And I said unto them, "Both ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy and the gold and the silver is a vow unto the Lord, the Lord of our fathers.
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Watch ye, and keep them till ye deliver them to the chief of the priests and Levites, and to the principal men of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the chambers of the house of our God."
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So the priests and the Levites, who had received the silver and the gold and the vessels, brought them unto Jerusalem into the temple of the Lord.