Ezra:7

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* 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 , * The son of Shallum , the son of Zadok , the son of Ahitub , * The son of Amariah , the son of Azariah , the son of Meraioth , * The son of Zerahiah , the son of Uzzi , the son of Bukki , * The son of Abishua , the son of Phinehas , the son of Eleazar #El #azar #, the son of Aaron the chief priest : * 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 . * And there went up some of the children of Israel Yisra #el #, and of the priests , and the Levites , and the singers , and the porters show #er #, and the Nethinims , unto Jerusalem , in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king . * And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month , which was in the seventh year of the king . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 Yisra #el #. * 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 @#eneth #. * I make a decree t @#em #, that all they of the people of Israel Yisra #el #, 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 . * Forasmuch diy # as thou art sent sh @ of min # 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 ; * And to carry y @ the silver and gold , which the king and his counsellors have freely offered n @ unto the God of Israel Yisra #el #, whose habitation is in Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )#, * 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 )#: * That kol # 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 )#. * And whatsoever mah # 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 . * 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 )#. * 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 . * 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 , * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * Blessed barak (8803 ) 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 : * 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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