KJV 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.
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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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.
WEB World English Bible
Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Ezra 7
17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which [is] in Jerusalem.
18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, [those] deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
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.
21 And 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,
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
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וּשְׁאָ֗רH7606 · she.arremainderחַשְׁחוּת֙H2819 · chash.chutrequirementבֵּ֣יתH1005 · ba.yithouseאֱלָהָ֔ךְH426 · e.lahgodדִּ֥יH1768 · dithatיִפֶּל־H5308 · ne.phalto fallלָ֖ךְH9031 · kayouלְמִנְתַּ֑ןH5415 · ne.tanto give: giveתִּנְתֵּ֕ןH5415 · ne.tanto give: giveמִן־H4481 · minfromבֵּ֖יתH1005 · ba.yithouseגִּנְזֵ֥יH1596 · ge.naztreasureמַלְכָּֽא׃H4430 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Ezra 6:4[With] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house:Ezra 6:8-18Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, [even] of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
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