Ezra 7:20

20 But also thou shalt give (out) of the treasure (house) of the king, and of the common ark, either purse, (or coffer,) and of men other things, that be needful in the house of thy God, as much (as) ever as (it) is needful, that thou spend. (And for any other thing that be needed in the House of thy God, as much as it is needed that thou spend, thou shalt take it from the king's treasury.)

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 But over this also if any thing pleaseth to thee, and to thy brethren, to do of the silver and gold that leaveth, do ye it by the will of your God; (And over this, whatever thing pleaseth thee, and thy fellows, to do with the silver and the gold that be left, do ye it according to the will of your God;)
19 also betake thou in the sight of (the) God in Jerusalem the vessels, that be given into the service of the house of thy God. (and regarding those vessels, that were given to thee for the service of the House of thy God, deliver thou them to thy God in Jerusalem.)
20 But also thou shalt give (out) of the treasure (house) of the king, and of the common ark, either purse, (or coffer,) and of men other things, that be needful in the house of thy God, as much (as) ever as (it) is needful, that thou spend. (And for any other thing that be needed in the House of thy God, as much as it is needed that thou spend, thou shalt take it from the king's treasury.)
21 I, Artaxerxes, king, have ordained, and deemed, to all the keepers of the common ark, or hutch (or purse, or coffer), that be beyond the flood, that whatever thing Ezra, the priest, (the) writer of the law of (the) God of heaven, asketh of you, ye give it without tarrying, (And I, King Artaxerxes, command to all the treasurers who be in the province west of the Euphrates River, that whatever Ezra, the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, asketh of you, give ye it to him without any hesitation,)
22 unto an hundred talents of silver, and (un)to an hundred cors of wheat, and unto an hundred baths of wine, and unto an hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure.
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