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22 Give him up to one hundred talents of silver,[a] up to six hundred bushels of wheat, up to six hundred gallons of wine, up to six hundred gallons of olive oil, and salt without limit— 23 everything that is decreed by the God of Heaven shall be done correctly for the house of the God of Heaven. Why should there be anger against the kingdom of the king and his sons?

24 We are informing you concerning all of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, and other servants of this house of God—taxes, tribute, and revenue shall not be imposed on them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:22 One hundred talents is about seventy-five hundred pounds. The other units of measurement are one hundred cors of wheat and one hundred baths of wine and oil.