Berean Standard Bible
Ezra 7:20-22
20And if anything else is needed for the house of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may pay for it from the royal treasury.
21I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates:1 Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly, 22up to a hundred talents of silver,2 a hundred cors of wheat,3 a hundred baths of wine,4 a hundred baths of olive oil,5 and salt without limit.
Notes
- 1. Ezra 7:21 Aramaic beyond the River; also in verse 25 ↩
- 2. Ezra 7:22 100 talents is approximately 3.77 tons or 3.42 metric tons of silver. ↩
- 3. Ezra 7:22 100 cors is approximately 624 bushels or 22,000 liters (probably about 19.2 tons or 17.4 metric tons of wheat). ↩
- 4. Ezra 7:22 100 baths is approximately 580 gallons or 2,200 liters of wine. ↩
- 5. Ezra 7:22 Or 100 baths of oil; that is, approximately 580 gallons or 2,200 liters ↩
Commentaries on Ezra 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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