17 Then you are to buy with this money as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, along with their grain and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.(A)

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17 With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs,(A) together with their grain offerings and drink offerings,(B) and sacrifice(C) them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.

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20 You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else needed for the house of your God.(A)

21 I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River:(B)

Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven, asks of you must be provided promptly,(C) 22 up to 7,500 pounds[a] of silver, 500 bushels[b] of wheat, 550 gallons[c] of wine, 550 gallons[d] of oil, and salt without limit.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 Lit 100 talents
  2. Ezra 7:22 Lit 100 cors
  3. Ezra 7:22 Lit 100 baths
  4. Ezra 7:22 Lit 100 baths
  5. Ezra 7:22 Lit without instruction

20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.(A)

21 Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— 22 up to a hundred talents[a] of silver, a hundred cors[b] of wheat, a hundred baths[c] of wine, a hundred baths[d] of olive oil, and salt without limit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  2. Ezra 7:22 That is, probably about 18 tons or about 16 metric tons
  3. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters
  4. Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters