Ezr 7:14-16, 8:26-30, Isa 66:20, Act 24:17, Rom 15:25-26 | ESV | STEP | For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God , which is in your hand ,

14 For you are sent by the king ^aand his seven counselors to make inquiries about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand, 15 and also to carry the silver and gold that the king ^band his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, ^cwhose dwelling is in Jerusalem, 16 ^dwith all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylonia, and ^ewith the freewill offerings of the people and the priests, vowed willingly for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem.

Ezra 8:26-30

26 ^fI weighed out into their hand 650 talents ^{▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms} of silver, and silver vessels worth 200 talents, ^{▼▼Revocalization; the number is missing in the Masoretic Text} and 100 talents of gold, 27 20 bowls of gold worth 1,000 darics, ^{▼▼A daric was a coin weighing about 1/4 ounce or 8.5 grams} and two vessels of fine bright bronze as precious as gold. 28 And I said to them, ^j“You are holy to the Lord, and ^kthe vessels are holy, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. 29 Guard them and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites and the heads of fathers’ houses in Israel at Jerusalem, ^lwithin the chambers of the house of the Lord.” 30 So the priests and the Levites ^mtook over the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem, to the house of our God.

Isaiah 66:20

20 ⁿAnd they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations ^oas an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

Acts 24:17

17 Now ^pafter several years ^qI came to bring alms to ^rmy nation and to present ^sofferings.

Romans 15:25-26

25 At present, however, ^tI am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. 26 For ^uMacedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.