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New American Standard Bible (NASB) version:

5 As soon as the order spread, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all.

6 The sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of sacred gifts which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and placed them in heaps.

7 In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month.

8 When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel.

9 Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps.

10 Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over.

11 Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them.

12 They faithfully brought in the contributions and the tithes and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them and his brother Shimei was second.

Note: In the background is a modern replica of an ancient 10-gallon ceramic jar, similar in size/shape to the type used during Hezekiah's reign. Archeologists have excavated broken pieces of these jars from that time period with seal impressions on their handles. It's possible that these marks indicated that the contents of the jar were "consecrated things", or tithes, per this verse of Scripture in 2Chronicles 31.

An image from one of these seals was chosen for the design of the first postage stamp when the modern state of Israel was reborn in 1948. In front of the jar in this video, you can see a white envelope on my desk, bearing 5 of these 1948 stamps, postmarked September 26, 1948, the day they were issued. The various denominations were colored red, green, brown, and blue. In front of the envelope on my desk is an actual 2,700-year-old handle bearing one of these rare seal impressions that I purchased on the antiquities market (obtained with proper export permission from the Israel Antiquities Authority).