^{15 Ref} And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,

^{16 Ref} As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offering of the people and of the priests, freely given for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem:

^{17 Ref} So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.

^{18 Ref} And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.

^{19 Ref} And the vessels which have been given to you for the uses of the house of your God, you are to give to the God of Jerusalem.

^{20 Ref} And whatever more is needed for the house of your God, and which you may have to give, take it from the king's store-house.

^{21 Ref} And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may have need of from you, is to be done with all care,

^{22 Ref} Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hundred measures of oil, and salt without measure.