“Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.”
I decree that one hundred talents of silver, one hundred measures of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, and one hundred baths of oil, and salt without measure, be given for the service of the temple. The specific quantities represent extraordinary material provision and demonstrate the royal commitment to comprehensive support for temple service. The enumeration of staple commodities—grain, wine, oil, and salt—reflects the practical necessities for both sacrificial offering and sustenance of the temple personnel. This verse shows that legitimate worship requires sustained material provision and that rulers who support it make substantial commitments of resources.
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