with three layers of cut[a] stones and one of timber.(A) The cost is to be paid from the royal treasury.(B)

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  1. Ezra 6:4 Or huge

I hereby issue a decree concerning what you must do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God:

The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues(A) from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work will not stop.

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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] 23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.(A)

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  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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