Ezra 7:17

Purpose of the gifts and offerings: (i) sacrifices.

that thou mayest buy speedily R.V. therefore thou shalt buy with all diligence; -therefore", i.e. because of the gifts received from the crown, the Babylonians and the Jews.

-with all diligence", see note on Ezra 5:8. The sacrifices here mentioned, as in Ezra 6:9-10, consist of burnt offerings (bullocks, rams, lambs), with their accompanying -meal" and -drink-offerings", Numbers 15:1-16.

meat offerings R.V. meal offerings (i.e. -Minkhah", as always in R.V.).