²⁷ 20 gold basins weighing 1,000 darics^[a] each, and two vessels made of polished brass, as valuable as gold.

²⁸ I told them, “You are consecrated^[b] to the Lord, and the vessels are also consecrated.^[c] The silver and the gold are a freely given offering to the Lord God of your ancestors. ²⁹ Guard and protect them until you disperse them to the chief priests, the descendants of Levi, and to the family leaders of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the Temple of the Lord.”