1 Esdras 6:27-29

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²⁷ “And I command that it be built completely and that full effort be made to help those who have returned from the exile of Judea until the house of the Lord is finished ²⁸ and that out of the tribute of Coelesyria and Phoenicia a portion be scrupulously given to these men, that is, to Zerubbabel the governor, for sacrifices to the Lord, for bulls and rams and lambs, ²⁹ and likewise wheat and salt and wine and oil, regularly every year, without quibbling, for daily use as the priests in Jerusalem may indicate,