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so as to offer sacrifices on the altar of their Lord that is in Jerusalem.
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Whatever you and your kindred are minded to do with the gold and silver, perform it in accordance with the will of your God;
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deliver the holy vessels of the Lord that are given you for the use of the temple of your God that is in Jerusalem.
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And whatever else occurs to you as necessary for the temple of your God, you may provide out of the royal treasury.
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"I, King Artaxerxes, have commanded the treasurers of Syria and Phoenicia that whatever Ezra the priest and reader of the law of the Most High God sends for, they shall take care to give him,
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