49 and of the temple-servants whom David and the principal men had appointed for the servants of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple-servants, the catalogue of all their names was showed.
50 And there I vowed a fast for the young men before our Lord, to desire of him a prosperous journey both for us and for our children and cattle that were with us:
51 for I was ashamed to ask of the king footmen, and horsemen, and conduct for safeguard against our adversaries.
52 For we had said to the king, that the power of our Lord would be with them that seek him, to support them in all ways.
53 And again we implored our lord as touching these things, and found him favourable to us.
54 Then I separated twelve men of the chiefs of the priests, Eserebias, and Assamias, and ten men of their brethren with them:
55 and I weighed them the silver, and the gold, and the holy vessels of the house of our Lord, which the king, and his counselors, and the nobles, and all Israel, had given.