16. You are also to take all the silver and gold which you collect throughout the province of Babylon and the offerings which the Israelite people and their priests give for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.
17. “You are to spend this money carefully and buy bulls, rams, lambs, corn, and wine and offer them on the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem.
18. You may use the silver and gold that is left over for whatever you and your people desire, in accordance with the will of your God.
19. You are to present to God in Jerusalem all the utensils that have been given to you for use in the temple services.
20. And anything else which you need for the Temple, you may get from the royal treasury.
21. “I command all the treasury officials in the province of West Euphrates to provide promptly for Ezra, the priest and scholar in the Law of the God of Heaven, everything he asks you for,