20 And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury.

21 “And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence, 22 up to 100 talents[a] of silver, 100 cors[b] of wheat, 100 baths[c] of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  2. Ezra 7:22 A cor was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  3. Ezra 7:22 A bath was about 6 gallons or 22 liters

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