Ezra 6:9
What does Ezra 6:9 mean?
A plain-English look at Ezra 6:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Ezra 6:9 means
Darius orders daily provision for all that is needed for sacrifices: animals for burnt offerings and staples like wheat, salt, wine, and oil, to be supplied according to the priests’ word—without fail. The king recognizes that the temple is not merely a structure; it is a place of continual worship. He entrusts the priests to determine requirements, honoring their role. God uses even a pagan ruler to ensure regular, obedient worship according to Israel’s pattern. The emphasis on daily faithfulness reminds us that the life of God’s people is sustained by steady devotion, not occasional zeal.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And whatever they have need of, young oxen and sheep and lambs, for burned offerings to the God of heaven, grain, salt, wine, and oil, whatever the priests in Jerusalem say is necessary, is to be given to them day by day regularly:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and what they are needing--both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil according to the saying of the priests who <FI>are<Fi> in Jerusalem--let be given to them day by day without fail,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And if it shall be necessary, let calves also, and lambs, and kids, for holocausts to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the custom of the priests that are in Jerusalem, be given them day by day, that there be no complaint in any thing.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to theGod of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;
Context
Moving from construction funding (v. 8) to worship support, this verse guarantees the temple’s liturgical life. The next verse (10) will state why the king cares about this: that prayers and pleasing sacrifices be offered for him and his sons. The following decrees (vv. 11–12) will add severe penalties and a divine appeal to protect the decree’s permanence. These steps consolidate a regime of support that transforms the rebuilding from a precarious endeavor into a secured, ongoing ministry.
v.8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.
v.9This passage
v.10that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 28:1
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
- Leviticus 9:2
and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah.
- Leviticus 1:3
If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.
- 1 Chronicles 9:29
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
- Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
- Numbers 15:4
then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil: