Ezra 6:9

Provide whatever is needed by the priests in Jerusalem: young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and olive oil. Make sure to give them this each day without fail.

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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

8Furthermore, this is my decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish leaders regarding the rebuilding of this Temple of God. The full expense involved is to be paid from royal income, the tribute of the province west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be delayed.

10In this way they can offer sacrifices that are acceptable to the God of heaven, and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:38You are to offer two lambs that are a year old on the altar, daily and continually.

Leviticus 1:10If your offering is a burnt offering from a flock, either sheep or goats, you must offer a male without any defects.

Leviticus 9:2He told Aaron, “You need to bring a young bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, both without defects, and present them before the Lord.

Numbers 28:1The Lord told Moses,

Psalms 50:9I do not require bulls from your barns or goats from your pens,

Mark 9:49Everybody will be ‘salted’ by fire.

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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