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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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

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