Ezra 7:15-17 (continued)
Moreover, you are to take with you the silver
and gold that the king and his advisors have
freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling
is in Jerusalem, together with all the silver and
gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon,
as well as the freewill offerings of the people and
priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.
With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and
male lambs, together with their grain offerings
and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the
altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.
Ezra 7:18-20
You and your fellow Israelites may then do
whatever seems best with the rest of the silver
and gold, in accordance with the will of your God.
Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles
entrusted to you for worship in the temple of
your God. And anything else needed for the
temple of your God that you are responsible
to supply, you may provide from the royal
treasury.
Ezra 7:21-23
Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the
treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide
with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the
teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may
ask of you--up to a hundred talents of silver, a
hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine,
a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without
limit. Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed,
let it be done with diligence for the temple of the
God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the
realm of the king and his sons?
Ezra 7:24
You are also to know that you have no authority to
impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests,
Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or
other workers at this house of God.
(Ezra 7 continues tomorrow)
(parentheses are mine)
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