Ezra 7:15-22

7:15 and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem, 7:16 along with all the silver and gold that you may collect ¹  throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem. 7:17 With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate ²  meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem. 7:18 You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues ³  with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God. 7:19 Deliver to ⁴  the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God. 7:20 The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, ⁵  you may do so from the royal treasury.

7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of ⁶  Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you – 7:22 up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of olive oil, ⁷  and unlimited ⁸  salt.

Ezra 7:27

7:27 ⁹ Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem!

[7:16]  ¹ tn Aram “find.”

[7:17]  ² tn Aram “their meal offerings and their libations.”

[7:18]  ³ tn Aram “brothers.”

[7:19]  ⁴ tn Or “before.”

[7:20]  ⁵ tn Aram “may fall to you to give.”

[7:21]  ⁶ tn Aram “who are in.”

[7:22]  ⁷ tc The translation reads מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (mÿshakh battin) rather than מְשַׁח בַּתִּין (battin mÿshakh) of the MT.

[7:22]  ⁸ tn Aram “he did not write.”

[7:27]  ⁹ sn At this point the language of the book reverts from Aramaic (7:12-26) back to Hebrew.