And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in goods or forced payment on any of the priests or Levites, the music-makers, door-keepers, Nethinim, or any servants of this house of God.

twenty cups of gold of a thousand drams, and two costly ornaments of good brass, as clear as gold,