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.

21 “I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the [a]River, that whatever Ezra the priest, (B)the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it shall be done diligently, 22 even up to 100 talents of silver, 100 [b]kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt [c]as needed.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:21 I.e. Euphrates River, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezra 7:22 I.e. One kor equals approx ten bu
  3. Ezra 7:22 Lit without prescription