Ezra 7:20

And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

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In Context

19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

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Cross References

Ezra 6:4With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house:

Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:12-27

The Decree of Artaxerxes. ( b. c. 457.) 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord , and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to… Read the whole commentary →

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