⁸ Moreover, I hereby decree what you are to do for these elders of the Jews in the construction of this house of God:

Their expenses are to be fully paid out of the royal treasury,^(A) from the revenues^(B) of Trans-Euphrates, so that the work will not stop.

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)