Ezra 7:20

20 You may use the king's treasury to pay for anything else that you must provide for your God's temple.

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 and your relatives may do whatever you think is right with the rest of the silver and gold. However, what you do must conform to the will of your God.

19 The utensils that have been given to you so that they can be used in your God's temple must all be presented to the God of Jerusalem.

20 You may use the king's treasury to pay for anything else that you must provide for your God's temple.

21 I, King Artaxerxes, order all the treasurers [in the province] west of the Euphrates River to do exactly what Ezra the priest, a scribe for the Teachings of the God of Heaven, asks you to do.

22 [You may give him] up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 600 gallons of wine, 600 gallons of olive oil, and as much salt as he needs.