Ezra 6:8

New International Version

⁸Moreover, 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.

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Ezra 6:4

New International Version

⁴with three courses^(A) of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury.^(B)

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Haggai 2:8

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⁸‘The silver is mine and the gold^(A) is mine,’ declares the Lord Almighty.

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Ezra 7:15-22

New International Version

¹⁵Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given^(A) to the God of Israel, whose dwelling^(B) is in Jerusalem, ¹⁶together with all the silver and gold^(C) you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.^(D) ¹⁷With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs,^(E) together with their grain offerings and drink offerings,^(F) and sacrifice^(G) them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.

¹⁸You and your fellow Israelites may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God. ¹⁹Deliver^(H) to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God. ²⁰And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.^(I)

²¹Now 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— ²²up 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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Ezra 7:22 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
Ezra 7:22 That is, probably about 18 tons or about 16 metric tons
Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters
Ezra 7:22 That is, about 600 gallons or about 2,200 liters

Psalm 68:29-31

New International Version

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem
    kings will bring you gifts.^(A)
³⁰Rebuke the beast^(B) among the reeds,^(C)
    the herd of bulls^(D) among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
    Scatter the nations^(E) who delight in war.^(F)
³¹Envoys will come from Egypt;^(G)
    Cush^[a]^(H) will submit herself to God.

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Psalm 68:31 That is, the upper Nile region

Ezra 5:5

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⁵But the eye of their God^(A) was watching over the elders of the Jews, and they were not stopped until a report could go to Darius and his written reply be received.

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Ezra 4:23

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²³As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates,^(A) they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.

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Ezra 4:20-21

New International Version

²⁰Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates,^(A) and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them. ²¹Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

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