ASV_Strong : Ezra 7
1. Now after[H310] these things[H1697], in the reign[H4438] of Artaxerxes[H783] king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], Ezra[H5830] the son[H1121] of Seraiah[H8304], the son[H1121] of Azariah[H5838], the son[H1121] of Hilkiah[H2518],
2. the son[H1121] of Shallum[H7967], the son[H1121] of Zadok[H6659], the son[H1121] of Ahitub[H285],
3. the son[H1121] of Amariah[H568], the son[H1121] of Azariah[H5838], the son[H1121] of Meraioth[H4812],
4. the son[H1121] of Zerahiah[H2228], the son[H1121] of Uzzi[H5813], the son[H1121] of Bukki[H1231],
5. the son[H1121] of Abishua[H50], the son[H1121] of Phinehas[H6372], the son[H1121] of Eleazar[H499], the son[H1121] of Aaron[H175] the chief[H7218] priest[H3548];
6. this Ezra[H5830] went up[H5927] from Babylon[H894]: and he was a ready[H4106] scribe[H5608] in the law[H8451] of Moses[H4872], which Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], had given[H5414]; and the king[H4428] granted[H5414] him all his request[H1246], according to the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] his God upon him[H430].
7. And there went up[H5927] some of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], and of the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], and the singers[H7891], and the porters[H7778], and the Nethinim[H5411], unto Jerusalem[H3389], in the seventh[H7651] year[H8141] of Artaxerxes[H783] the king[H4428].
8. And he came[H935] to Jerusalem[H3389] in the fifth[H2549] month[H2320], which was in the seventh[H7637] year[H8141] of the king[H4428].
9. For upon the first[H259] day of the first[H7223] month[H2320] began[H3246] he to go up[H4609] from Babylon[H894]; and on the first[H259] day of the fifth[H2549] month[H2320] came[H935] he to Jerusalem[H3389], according to the good[H2896] hand[H3027] of his God upon him[H430].
10. For Ezra[H5830] had set[H3559] his heart[H3824] to seek[H1875] the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068], and to do[H6213] it[H3925], and to teach in Israel[H3478] statutes[H2706] and ordinances[H4941].
11. Now this is the copy[H6572] of the letter[H5406] that the king[H4428] Artaxerxes[H783] gave[H5414] unto Ezra[H5830] the priest[H3548], the scribe[H5608], even the scribe[H5608] of the words[H1697] of the commandments[H4687] of Jehovah[H3068], and of his statutes[H2706] to Israel[H3478]:
12. Artaxerxes[H783], king[H4430] of kings[H4430], unto Ezra[H5831] the priest[H3549], the scribe[H5613] of the law[H1882] of the God[H426] of heaven[H8065], perfect[H1585] and so forth[H3706].
13. I[H4481] make[H7761] a decree[H2942], that all[H3606] they of[H4481] the people[H5972] of Israel[H3479], and their priests[H3549] and the Levites[H3879], in my realm[H4437], that are minded of their own free will[H5069] to go to[H1946] Jerusalem[H3390], go[H1946] with thee[H5974].
14. Forasmuch[H1768] as[H3606] thou art sent[H7972] of[H4481] the king[H4430] and his seven[H7655] counsellors[H3272], to inquire[H1240] concerning[H5922] Judah[H3061] and Jerusalem[H3390], according to the law[H1882] of thy God[H426] which is in thy hand[H3028],
15. and to carry[H2987] the silver[H3702] and gold[H1722], which the king[H4430] and his counsellors[H3272] have freely offered[H5069] unto the God[H426] of Israel[H3479], whose[H1768] habitation[H4907] is in Jerusalem[H3390],
16. and all[H3606] the silver[H3702] and gold[H1722] that thou shalt find[H7912] in all[H3606] the province[H4083] of Babylon[H895], with[H5974] the freewill-offering[H5069] of the people[H5972], and of the priests[H3549], offering willingly[H5069] for the house[H1005] of their God[H426] which is in Jerusalem[H3390];
17. therefore[H3606] thou shalt with all diligence[H629] buy[H7066] with this[H1836] money[H3702] bullocks[H8450], rams[H1798], lambs[H563], with their meal-offerings[H4504] and their drink-offerings[H5261], and shalt offer[H7127] them[H1994] upon[H5922] the altar[H4056] of the house[H1005] of your God[H426] which is in Jerusalem[H3390].
18. And whatsoever[H4101] shall seem good[H3191] to thee and to[H5922] thy brethren[H252] to do[H5648] with the rest[H7606] of the silver[H3702] and the gold[H1722], that do[H5648] ye after the will[H7470] of your God[H426].
19. And the vessels[H3984] that are given[H3052] thee for the service[H6402] of the house[H1005] of thy God[H426], deliver[H8000] thou before[H6925] the God[H426] of Jerusalem[H3390].
20. And whatsoever more[H7606] shall be needful[H2819] for the house[H1005] of thy God[H426], which thou shalt have occasion[H5308] to bestow[H5415], bestow[H5415] it out of[H4481] the king[H4430]'s treasure[H1596] - house[H1005].
21. And I[H4481], even I[H576] Artaxerxes[H783] the king[H4430], do make[H7761] a decree[H2942] to all[H3606] the treasurers[H1490] that are beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], that whatsoever Ezra[H5831] the priest[H3549], the scribe[H5613] of the law[H1882] of the God[H426] of heaven[H8065], shall require[H7593] of you[H5648], it be done with all diligence[H629],
22. unto[H5705] a hundred[H3969] talents[H3604] of silver[H3702], and to a hundred[H3969] measures[H3734] of wheat[H2591], and to a hundred[H3969] baths[H1325] of wine[H2562], and to a hundred[H3969] baths[H1325] of oil[H4887], and salt[H4416] without[H3809] prescribing how much[H3792].
23. Whatsoever[H3606] is commanded by[H2941] the God[H426] of heaven[H8065], let it be done[H5648] exactly[H149] for the house[H1005] of the God[H426] of heaven[H8065]; for[H1768] why[H4101] should there be[H1934] wrath[H7109] against[H5922] the realm[H4437] of the king[H4430] and his sons[H1123]?
24. Also we certify[H3046] you[H3606], that touching any of the priests[H3549] and Levites[H3879], the singers[H2171], porters[H8652], Nethinim[H5412], or servants[H6399] of this[H1836] house[H1005] of God[H426], it shall not[H3809] be lawful[H7990] to impose[H7412] tribute[H1093], custom[H1983], or toll[H4061], upon them[H5922].
25. And thou[H607], Ezra[H5831], after the wisdom[H2452] of thy God[H426] that is in thy hand[H3028], appoint[H4483] magistrates[H8200] and judges[H1782], who may judge[H1934] all[H3606] the people[H5972] that are beyond[H5675] the River[H5103], all[H3606] such as know[H3046] the laws[H1882] of thy God[H426]; and teach[H3046] ye him that knoweth[H3046] them not[H3809].
26. And whosoever[H3606] will not[H3809] do[H1934] the law[H1882] of thy God[H426], and the law[H1882] of the king[H4430], let judgment[H1780] be[H1934] executed[H5648] upon him[H4481] with all diligence[H629], whether[H2006] it be unto death[H4193], or[H2006] to banishment[H8332], or[H2006] to confiscation[H6065] of goods[H5232], or to imprisonment[H613].
27. Blessed[H1288] be Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of our fathers[H1], who hath put[H5414] such a thing as this in the king[H4428]'s heart[H3820], to beautify[H6286] the house[H1004] of Jehovah[H3068] which is in Jerusalem[H3389];
28. and hath extended[H5186] lovingkindness[H2617] unto me before[H6440] the king[H4428], and his counsellors[H3289], and before all the king[H4428]'s mighty[H1368] princes[H8269]. And I was strengthened[H2388] according to the hand[H3027] of Jehovah[H3068] my God[H430] upon me[H6908], and I gathered together out of Israel[H3478] chief men[H7218] to go up with me[H5927].
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