strkjv@Ezra:7:1
@ Now
after
these
things
, in the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia
,
Ezra
the
son
of
Seraiah
, the
son
of
Azariah
, the
son
of
Hilkiah
,
strkjv@Ezra:7:2
@ The
son
of
Shallum
, the
son
of
Zadok
, the
son
of
Ahitub
,
strkjv@Ezra:7:3
@ The
son
of
Amariah
, the
son
of
Azariah
, the
son
of
Meraioth
,
strkjv@Ezra:7:4
@ The
son
of
Zerahiah
, the
son
of
Uzzi
, the
son
of
Bukki
,
strkjv@Ezra:7:5
@ The
son
of
Abishua
, the
son
of
Phinehas
, the
son
of
Eleazar
, the
son
of
Aaron
the
chief
priest
:
strkjv@Ezra:7:6
@ This
Ezra
went
up
from
Babylon
; and he was a
ready
scribe
in the
law
of
Moses
, which the
LORD
God
of
Israel
had
given
: and the
king
granted
him all his
request
, according to the
hand
of the
LORD
his
God
upon him.
strkjv@Ezra:7:7
@ And there went
up
some of the
children
of
Israel
, and of the
priests
, and the
Levites
, and the
singers
, and the
porters
, and the
Nethinims
, unto
Jerusalem
, in the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:8
@ And he
came
to
Jerusalem
in the
fifth
month
, which was in the
seventh
year
of the
king
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:9
@ For upon the
first
day of the
first
month
began
he to go
up
from
Babylon
, and on the
first
day of the
fifth
month
came
he to
Jerusalem
, according to the
good
hand
of his
God
upon him.
strkjv@Ezra:7:10
@ For
Ezra
had
prepared
his
heart
to
seek
the
law
of the
LORD
, and to
do
it, and to
teach
in
Israel
statutes
and
judgments
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:11
@ Now this is the
copy
of the
letter
that the
king
Artaxerxes
gave
unto
Ezra
the
priest
, the
scribe
, even a
scribe
of the
words
of the
commandments
of the
LORD
, and of his
statutes
to
Israel
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:12
@
Artaxerxes
,
king
of
kings
, unto
Ezra
the
priest
, a
scribe
of the
law
of the
God
of
heaven
,
perfect
g@ peace, and at such a
time
k@.
strkjv@Ezra:7:13
@
I
make
a
decree
t@, that
all
they
of
the
people
of
Israel
, and of his
priests
and
Levites
, in my
realm
, which are minded of their own
freewill
n@ to go
up
to
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald),
go
with
thee
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:14
@
Forasmuch
as
thou art
sent
sh@
of
the
king
, and of his
seven
counsellors
, to
enquire
b@
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald), according to the
law
of thy
God
which is in thine
hand
;
strkjv@Ezra:7:15
@ And to
carry
y@ the
silver
and
gold
, which the
king
and his
counsellors
have freely
offered
n@ unto the
God
of
Israel
,
whose
habitation
is in
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald),
strkjv@Ezra:7:16
@ And
all
the
silver
and
gold
that thou canst
find
sh@ in
all
the
province
of
Babylon
,
with
the freewill
offering
n@ of the
people
, and of the
priests
, offering
willingly
n@ for the
house
of their
God
which is in
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald):
strkjv@Ezra:7:17
@
That
thou mayest
buy
q@
speedily
with
this
money
bullocks
,
rams
,
lambs
, with their meat
offerings
and their drink
offerings
, and
offer
q@
them
upon
the
altar
of the
house
of your
God
which is in
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald).
strkjv@Ezra:7:18
@ And
whatsoever
shall seem
good
y@ to thee, and
to
thy
brethren
, to
do
with the
rest
of the
silver
and the
gold
, that
do
after the
will
of your
God
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:19
@ The
vessels
also that are
given
y@ thee for the
service
of the
house
of thy
God
, those
deliver
sh@ thou
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem
Y@ruwshalem (Chald).
strkjv@Ezra:7:20
@ And whatsoever
more
shall be
needful
for the
house
of thy
God
, which thou shalt have
occasion
n@ to
bestow
n@,
bestow
n@ it out
of
the
kings
treasure
house
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:21
@ And
I
, even
I
Artaxerxes
the
king
, do
make
a
decree
to
all
the
treasurers
which are
beyond
the
river
, that whatsoever
Ezra
the
priest
, the
scribe
of the
law
of the
God
of
heaven
, shall
require
of you, it be
done
speedily
,
strkjv@Ezra:7:22
@
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.
strkjv@Ezra:7:23
@
Whatsoever
is commanded
by
H4481the
God
of
heaven
, let it be
diligently
done
for the
house
of the
God
of
heaven
:
for
why
should there
be
wrath
against
the
realm
of the
king
and his
sons
?
strkjv@Ezra:7:24
@ Also we
certify
y@ you, that touching
any
of the
priests
and
Levites
,
singers
,
porters
,
Nethinims
, or
ministers
p@ of
this
house
of
God
, it shall
not
be
lawful
to
impose
r@
toll
,
tribute
, or
custom
,
upon
them.
strkjv@Ezra:7:25
@ And
thou
,
Ezra
, after the
wisdom
of thy
God
, that is in thine
hand
,
set
m@
magistrates
sh@ and
judges
, which may
judge
all
the
people
that are
beyond
the
river
,
all
such as
know
y@ the
laws
of thy
God
; and
teach
y@ ye them that
know
y@ them
not
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:26
@ And
whosoever
will
not
do
the
law
of thy
God
, and the
law
of the
king
, let
judgment
be
executed
speedily
upon
him
,
whether
it be unto
death
,
or
to
banishment
,
or
to
confiscation
of
goods
, or to
imprisonment
.
strkjv@Ezra:7:27
@
Blessed
barak be the
LORD
God
of our
fathers
, which hath
put
such a thing as this in the
kings
heart
, to
beautify
the
house
of the
LORD
which is in
Jerusalem
:
strkjv@Ezra:7:28
@ And hath
extended
mercy
unto me
before
the
king
, and his
counsellors
, and before all the
kings
mighty
princes
. And I was
strengthened
as the
hand
of the
LORD
my
God
was upon me, and I gathered
together
out of
Israel
chief
men
to go
up
with me.
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