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Ezra 7:20

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20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.
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Ezra 7:20 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
20 And whatever else is required for the house of your God, which it falls to you to provide, you may provide it out of the king's treasury.
New Living Translation (NLT)
20 If you need anything else for your God’s Temple or for any similar needs, you may take it from the royal treasury.
The Message Bible (MSG)
20 Whatever else you need for The Temple of your God you may pay for out of the royal bank.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
20 You may use the king's treasury to pay for anything else that you must provide for your God's temple.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
20 You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else you have to supply [to meet] the needs of the house of your God.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
20 You might need to supply some other things for the temple of your God. If you do, take them from among the royal treasures.

Ezra 7:20 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:20

And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God,
which thou shall have occasion to bestow
For the beautifying and ornamenting the temple, ( Ezra 7:27 ) ,

bestow it out of the king's treasure house;
where the money collected by tribute, tax, and custom, was deposited; his exchequer, as it may be called, see ( Ezra 6:8 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Ezra 7:20 In-Context

18 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.
19 Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God.
20 And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.
21 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—
22 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.

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