^4 (A)with three layers of large stones and ^[a]one layer of timber. And the cost is to be paid from the ^[b]royal treasury.

¹⁴ Since you are sent ^[a]on the part of the king and his ^(A)seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand, ¹⁵ and to bring the silver and gold, which the king and his advisers have voluntarily given to the God of Israel, ^(B)whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, ¹⁶ with ^(C)all the silver and gold which you find in the entire province of Babylon, along ^(D)with the ^[b]voluntary offering of the people and of the priests, who ^(E)offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem; ¹⁷ with this money, therefore, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams, and lambs, ^(F)with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and ^(G)offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. ¹⁸ And whatever seems good to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God. ¹⁹ Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem. ²⁰ And the rest of the needs of the house of your God, for which it may be incumbent upon you to provide, ^(H)provide for them from the royal treasury.

²¹ “I myself, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the Euphrates River, that whatever Ezra the priest, ^(I)the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it shall be done diligently, ²² up to ^[c]a hundred talents of silver, ^[d]a hundred kors of wheat, ^[e]a hundred baths of wine, ^[f]a hundred baths of anointing oil, and salt ^[g]as needed.