Some Levites were in charge of the objects that were used when they served at the temple. They counted the objects when they were brought in. They also counted them when they were taken out.

利未人中有管理使用器皿的，按着数目拿出拿入；

利未人中有人管理所使用的器皿，拿出拿入都按数目点算。

利未人中有人管理所使用的器皿，拿出拿入都按数目点算。

有些利未人负责管理敬拜时用的器皿，每次取出或送回，他们都要统计清楚。

利未人中有管理器皿的使用的；他们按着数目拿出去，也要按着数目拿进来。

利未人中有管理使用器皿的，按着數目拿出拿入；

利未人中有人管理所使用的器皿，拿出拿入都按數目點算。

利未人中有人管理所使用的器皿，拿出拿入都按數目點算。

有些利未人負責管理敬拜時用的器皿，每次取出或送回，他們都要統計清楚。

利未人中有管理器皿的使用的；他們按著數目拿出去，也要按著數目拿進來。

利未人之中有管理使用之器皿的；他們按數目拿出，按數目拿入。

其中有守供事之器者、器之出入、皆核其數、

守器皿者數人、器之陳徹按其數、

其中有人守奉事時所用之器、器皆按數、攜之出、攜之入、

Some of them were in charge of the articles used in the temple service; they counted them when they were brought in and when they were taken out.

Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out.

Some of the gatekeepers were assigned to care for the various articles used in worship. They checked them in and out to avoid any loss.

Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

Now some of them were in charge of the utensils of the service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count.

And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.

Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

And[ certain] of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.

Then Balak said to Balaam,“ Don’t put a curse on them at all! And don’t give them a blessing at all!”Balaam answered,“ Didn’t I tell you that I must do only what the Lord says?”Then Balak said to Balaam,“ Come. Let me take you to another place. Perhaps God will be pleased to let you put a curse on the Israelites for me from there.”

At that time some men were put in charge of the storerooms. That’s where all the gifts the people brought were placed. Those gifts included the first shares of their crops. They also included a tenth of everything the Law required. Crops were harvested from the fields around the towns. The people had to bring the shares of those crops that were required by the Law. They gave them to the priests and Levites. That’s because the people of Judah were pleased with the priests and Levites who were serving God.

The sons of Jehieli were Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasures in the Lord’ s temple.Here are the officials who were from the family lines of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.Shubael was from the family line of Moses’ son Gershom. Shubael was the official in charge of the treasures.His relatives through Eliezer included his son Rehabiah. Jeshaiah was Rehabiah’s son. Joram was Jeshaiah’s son. Zikri was Joram’s son. And Shelomith was Zikri’s son.Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasures that had been set apart for God. King David had set those treasures apart. Some family leaders had also set them apart. They were the commanders of thousands of men and commanders of hundreds. The treasures had also been set apart by other army commanders.

I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and other things. They had been given for the house of our God. The king, his advisers and officials, and all the Israelites who were there had given them.I weighed out 24 tons of silver and gave it to those men. I weighed out almost four tons of silver things. I weighed out almost four tons of gold.I weighed out 20 gold bowls. They weighed 19 pounds. I also weighed out two fine objects. The bronze they were made out of was highly polished. They were as priceless as gold.I said to those men,“ You are set apart to the Lord. So are these things. The silver and gold were offered to the Lord by those who chose to give them. He is the God of your people.Guard all these things carefully until you weigh them out. Weigh them in the special rooms of the Lord’ s temple in Jerusalem. Do this in front of the leading priests and the Levites. Make sure the family leaders of Israel are watching.”Then the priests and Levites received the silver and gold and sacred objects. All of them had been weighed out. They were going to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem.

Eliashib the priest had been put in charge of the storerooms in the house of our God. He had worked closely with Tobiah.He had also provided a large room for Tobiah. It had been used to store the grain offerings. The incense and the objects for the temple had been put there. And a tenth of the grain, olive oil and fresh wine had been kept there. That’s what the Law required for the Levites. That’s also what it required for the musicians and the men who guarded the temple gates. The gifts for the priests had been kept there too.