And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
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Gill's Exposition
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven,.... In the law given by Moses to the people of Israel:
let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven; for the service of it, particularly…
Barnes' Notes
All the treasurers - The Persian system of taxing the provinces through the satraps involved the establishment in each province of at least one local treasury.
We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample and full, and beyond what could have been expected.…
Cambridge Bible
Credit to Ezra to be granted on local treasuries W. of the Euphrates. Limit of credit stated in Ezr 7:22.
treasurers Officials to be found in each satrapy and province, (LXX. ταῖς γάζαις. Vulg.…