Ezra 7:22 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Ezra 7:23 All that belongeth to the rites of the God of heaven, let it be given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest his wrath should be enkindled against the realm of the king, and of his sons.

Ezra 7:24 We give you also to understand concerning all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinites, and ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose toll or tribute, or custom upon them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hundred", "talents", "silver", "cores", "wheat", and "bates". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hundred" and "talents", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 21's "I Artaxerxes the king have ordered and..." into verse 23's "All that belongeth to the rites of...", so "hundred" and "talents" 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 "hundred" and "talents" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.