Ezr 6:8-12, 7:12-13, Dan 3:29 | ESV | STEP | Moreover, I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God . The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue , the tribute of the province from Beyond the River .

l[See ver. 22 above]

Ezra 6:8-12

8 Moreover, ^aI make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God. The cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River. 9 And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail, 10 that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven ^band pray for the life of the king and his sons. 11 Also I make a decree that if anyone alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled on it, and ^chis house shall be made a dunghill. 12 May the God ^dwho has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who shall put out a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God that is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence.”

Ezra 7:12-13

12 “Artaxerxes, ^eking of kings, to Ezra the priest, the ^fscribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace. ^{▼▼Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)} ^hAnd now 13 ⁱI make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.

Daniel 3:29

29 Therefore ^jI make a decree: Any ^kpeople, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of ^lShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ^mshall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”