Ezra 7:20 (DRB)

Passage

And whatsoever more there shall be need of for the house of thy God, how much soever thou shalt have occasion to spend, it shall be given out of the treasury, and the king's exchequer, and by me.

Nearby Context

Ezra 7:18 And if it seem good to thee, and to thy brethren to do any thing with the rest of the silver and gold, do it according to the will of your God.

Ezra 7:19 The vessels also, that are given thee for the sacrifice of the house of thy God, deliver thou in the sight of God in Jerusalem.

Ezra 7:20 And whatsoever more there shall be need of for the house of thy God, how much soever thou shalt have occasion to spend, it shall be given out of the treasury, and the king's exchequer, and by me.

Ezra 7:21 I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and decreed to all the keepers of the public chest, that are beyond the river, that whatsoever Esdras the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, you give it without delay,

Ezra 7:22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, and unto a hundred cores of wheat, and unto a hundred bates of wine, and unto a hundred bates of oil, and salt without measure.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "whatsoever", "shall", "need", "house", "much", "thou", and "shalt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "whatsoever" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "The vessels also that are given thee..." into verse 21's "I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and...", so "whatsoever" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "whatsoever" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.