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20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply,[a] you may do so from the royal treasury.

21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of[b] Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you— 22 up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of olive oil,[c] and unlimited[d] salt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:20 tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”
  2. Ezra 7:21 tn Aram “who are in.”
  3. Ezra 7:22 tc The translation reads מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (meshakh battin) rather than מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (battin meshakh) of the MT.
  4. Ezra 7:22 tn Aram “he did not write.”

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