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20 Furthermore, provide from the royal treasury whatever else may be needed for the Temple of your God.

21 I, Artaxerxes, in my capacity as king,[a] hereby decree to all royal treasuries beyond the Euphrates[b] River that whatever Ezra the priest-scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven, may require of you are to be performed with all due diligence, 22 up to 100 silver talents,[c] 100 measures of wheat, 100 measures of wine, 100 measures of oil, and salt without limitation.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:21 Lit. And I, even I, Artaxerxes the King
  2. Ezra 7:21 The Aram. lacks Euphrates
  3. Ezra 7:22 I.e. about 7,500 pounds; a talent weighed about 75 pounds