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so as to offer sacrifices upon the altar of their Lord which is in Jerusalem.
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And whatever you and your brethren are minded to do with the gold and silver, perform it in accordance with the will of your God;
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and deliver the holy vessels of the Lord which are given you for the use of the temple of your God which 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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"And I, Artaxerxes the king, 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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