53 and that all those who would come from Babylonia to build the city should have their freedom—they and their descendants, and all the priests that came. (WEB) 54 He wrote also to give them their support and the priests’ vestments in which they minister. (WEB) 55 For the Levites he wrote that their support should be given them until the day that the house was finished and Jerusalem built up. (WEB)
1 Esdras 4:53–55
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