Ezra 7:20

20 You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else you have to supply [to meet] the needs of the house of your God.

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 may do whatever seems best to you and your brothers with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

19 You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.

20 You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else you have to supply [to meet] the needs of the house of your God.

21 I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River: Whatever Ezra the priest and expert in the law of the God of heaven asks of you must be provided promptly,

22 up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.