1 Esdras 8:15
King James VersionSource notes
“To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.”
Context
12That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
13And carry the gifts unto the Lord of Israel to Jerusalem, which I and my friends have vowed, and all the gold and silver that in the country of Babylon can be found, to the Lord in Jerusalem,
14With that also which is given of the people for the temple of the Lord their God at Jerusalem: and that silver and gold may be collected for bullocks, rams, and lambs, and things thereunto appertaining;
15To the end that they may offer sacrifices unto the Lord upon the altar of the Lord their God, which is in Jerusalem.
16And whatsoever thou and thy brethren will do with the silver and gold, that do, according to the will of thy God.
17And the holy vessels of the Lord, which are given thee for the use of the temple of thy God, which is in Jerusalem, thou shalt set before thy God in Jerusalem.
18And whatsoever thing else thou shalt remember for the use of the temple of thy God, thou shalt give it out of the king’s treasury.