⁸ Moreover, ^(A)I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay.

²⁰ The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, ^(A)provide for it from the royal treasury.