Ezra 6:9-11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁹Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, or wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—let it be given to them every day without fail,^(A) ¹⁰so that they can offer sacrifices of pleasing aroma to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.^(B)

¹¹I also issue a decree concerning any man who interferes with this directive:

Let a beam be torn from his house and raised up; he will be impaled on it, and his house will be made into a garbage dump because of this offense.^(C)

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