Ezra 7:22

Ezra 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
• English Standard Version (ESV)up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
• New King James Version (NKJV)up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred kors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribed limit.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You are to give him up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of olive oil, and an unlimited supply of salt.

Context of Ezra 7:22

20And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you are responsible to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury. 21Now I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates are to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, the teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you— up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit. 23Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should his wrath fall on the realm of the king and of his sons? 24You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.

Ezra 7:22 word by word

עַד־כְּסַף֮ כַּכְּרִ֣ין מְאָה֒ וְעַד־חִנְטִין֙ כֹּרִ֣ין מְאָ֔ה וְעַד־חֲמַר֙ בַּתִּ֣ין מְאָ֔ה וְעַד־בַּתִּ֥ין מְשַׁ֖ח מְאָ֑ה וּמְלַ֖ח דִּי־לָ֥א כְתָֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Untoעַד‛ad · tillH5705
• an hundredמְאָהme'âh · hundredH3969
• talentsכִּכֵּרkikêr · talentH3604
• of silverכְּסַףkesaph · silverH3702
• measuresכּוֹרkôr · korH3734
• of wheatחִנְטָהchinţâ' · wheatH2591
• bathsבַּתbath · bathH1325
• of wineחֲמַרchămar · wineH2562
• of oilמְשַׁחmeshach · oilH4887
• and saltמְלַחmelach · saltH4416
• withoutלָאlâ' lâh · notH3809
• prescribingכְּתָבkethâb · inscriptionH3792

Cross-references for Ezra 7:22

• Luke 16:7“Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ “ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied. “He told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’
• Ezekiel 45:14The prescribed portion of olive oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (which consists of ten baths or one homer, for ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
• Luke 16:6“ ‘Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied. “The manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.’
• Leviticus 2:13Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offerings; add salt to all your offerings.

Commentaries on Ezra 7:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22A hundred talents of silver - The talent of silver was 450. A hundred measures of wheat - A hundred cors; each cor was a little more than seventy-five gallons, one quart, and a pint, wine measure. A hundred baths of wine - Each bath was seven gallons and five pints.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22This verse assigns limits to the permission of Ezra 7:20. As the Persian tribute was paid partly in money and partly in kind (see Ezra 4:13 note), the treasuries would be able to supply them as readily as they could furnish money.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christians, who will not promote the cause of God. But the weapons of Christian ministers are not carnal. Faithful preaching, holy lives, fervent prayers, and patient suffering when called to it, are the means to bring men into obedience to Christ.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-22The items listed were usually used as offerings in worship (compare Exodus 27:20; 29:2; Leviticus 2:4, 13; 14:10; Numbers 28:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-2422-24. an hundred talents of silver--£22,000 according to the rate of the silver talent of Babylon. Fourthly, Artaxerxes gave his royal sanction in the establishment of the divine law, which exempted priests and Levites from taxation or tribute and confirmed to them the exclusive right to officiate in the sacred services of the sanctuary. And, finally, in the expression of the king's desire for the divine blessing upon the king and his government (Ezr…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 7:22

• Bath
• Cor
• Liberality
• Measure
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Chaldee language
• Extend
• Wine
• Ahitub
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bath
• Bible, the
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Ezra-Nehemiah
• Genealogy

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