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19 And I, king Artaxerxes, have commanded to [the] keepers of the treasures of Syria and of Phenice (or have commanded to the treasury officials of Syria and Phoenicia), that whatever things Ezra, the priest, and (the) reader of the law of the Lord, write for, busily (or swiftly) be it given to him,

20 unto an hundred talents of silver, also and of gold [or (in) like manner and of gold]; and unto an hundred bushels of wheat, and an hundred vessels of wine, and other things, whatever abound, without taxing.

21 All things be done (un)to the highest God, after the law of God, lest peradventure wrath arise up in the realm of the king, and of his son, and of the sons of him. [All things after the law of God be done to the highest God, lest peradventure rise up wrath in the realm of the king, and of the son, and of the sons of him.]

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