Ezra 7:20 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 7:20

18 And whatever seems good to you and your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do it according to the will of your God.

19 Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.

20 And whatever more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasury.

21 And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the region beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, let it be done diligently,

22 up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribed limit.

23 Whatever¹ is commanded by the God of heaven, let it diligently be done for the² house of the God of heaven. For why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

24 Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.

25 And you, Ezra, according to your God-given wisdom, ^aset magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are in the region beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and ^bteach those who do not know them.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 7:20

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
And whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God which you shall have occasion to provide, provide it out of the king's treasury.

Contemporary English Version
If you need to get anything else for the temple, you may have the money you need from the royal treasury.

Darby English Version
And whatever 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.

Good News Bible
And anything else which you need for the Temple, you may get from the royal treasury.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide {for it} from the royal treasury.

New International Version
And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.

New King James Version
And whatever more may be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to provide, pay for it from the king’s treasury.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury.

Revised Standard Version
And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which you have occasion to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury.

Young's Literal Translation
and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God, that it falleth to thee to give, thou dost give from the treasure-house of the king.

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