⁸ Moreover, ^(A)I issue a decree concerning what you shall do for those elders of Judah in the rebuilding of that house of God: the full cost is to be given to those people from the royal treasury out of the tribute of the provinces beyond the River, and that without negligence.

²⁰ The rest of the needs for the house of your God, which may fall upon you to provide, ^(A)provide for it from the royal treasury.