Ezra 7:20

20 Whatever else you need for The Temple of your God you may pay for out of the royal bank.

Ezra 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:20

And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,
which thou shall have occasion to bestow
For the beautifying and ornamenting the temple, ( Ezra 7:27 ) ,

bestow it out of the king's treasure house;
where the money collected by tribute, tax, and custom, was deposited; his exchequer, as it may be called, see ( Ezra 6:8 ) .

Ezra 7:20 In-Context

18 You are free to use whatever is left over from the silver and gold for what you and your brothers decide is in keeping with the will of your God.
19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels given to you for the services of worship in The Temple of your God.
20 Whatever else you need for The Temple of your God you may pay for out of the royal bank.
21 I, Artaxerxes the king, have formally authorized and ordered all the treasurers of the land across the Euphrates to give Ezra the priest, scholar of the Teaching of the God-of-Heaven, the full amount of whatever he asks for
22 up to a hundred talents of silver, six hundred and fifty bushels of wheat, and six hundred and seven gallons each of wine and olive oil. There is no limit on the salt.
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