Ezra 6:9

And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids, for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

In Context

8I also have commanded what must be done by those ancients of the Jews, that the house of God may be built, to wit, that of the king's chest, that is, of the tribute that is paid out of the country beyond the river, the charges be diligently given to those men, lest the work be hindered.

10And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his children.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:38This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old every day continually.

Leviticus 1:10And if the offering be of the hocks, a holocaust of sheep or of goats, he shall offer a male without blemish:

Leviticus 9:2Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

Numbers 28:1The Lord also said to Moses:

Psalms 50:9I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.

Mark 9:49Salt is good. But if the salt became unsavory; wherewith will you season it? Have salt in you, and have peace among you.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 6:2-13

The Favourable Decree of Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. 2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: 3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations… Read the whole commentary →

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