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Ezra 7:18

Ezra 7:18 is verse 18 of Ezra chapter 7, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

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King James Version

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

World English Bible

Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.

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Ezra 7:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.

17 With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.

18 You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

19 You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.

20 And 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.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Kings 12:15

No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

2 Kings 22:7

But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”

Ezra 7:26

If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

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