Whatever is needed &#8211; whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by<n id="1" /> the priests who are in Jerusalem &#8211; must be given to them daily without any neglect,

<p class="poetry">This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels;p> <p class="poetry">this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones,p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="1" /> those who are alive may understandp> <p class="poetry">that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and he bestows them on whomever he wishes.p> <p class="poetry">He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.&#8217;p>