Ezra 7:14-16
7:14 You are authorized
by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession,
7:15 and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem,
7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect
throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 8:26-30
8:26 I weighed out to them
650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents,
100 talents of gold,
8:27 20 gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold.
8:28 Then I said to them, “You are holy to the
Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the
Lord, the God of your fathers.
8:29 Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem,
in the storerooms of the temple of the
Lord.”
8:30 Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God.
Isaiah 66:20
66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen
from all the nations as an offering to the
Lord. They will bring them
on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels
to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the
Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the
Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.
Acts 24:17
24:17 After several years
I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor
and to present offerings,
Romans 15:25-26
15:25 But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints.
15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.