Ezra 7
7After these things, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,H310H1697H4438H783H4428H6539H5830H1121H8304H1121H5838H1121H25182the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,H1121H7967H1121H6659H1121H2853the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,H1121H568H1121H5838H1121H48124the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,H1121H2228H1121H5813H1121H12315the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest--H1121H50H1121H6372H1121H499H1121H175H7218H35486this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was on him.H5830H5927H894H4106H5608H8451H4872H3068H430H3478H5414H4428H5414H1246H3027H3068H4307Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.H5927H1121H3478H3548H3881H7891H7778H5411H3389H7651H8141H783H44288Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.H935H3389H2549H2320H7637H8141H44289He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.H259H7223H2320H3246H4609H894H259H2549H2320H935H3389H2896H3027H43010For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel.H5830H3559H3824H1875H8451H3068H6213H3925H3478H2706H494111This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and teacher, a man learned in matters concerning the commands and decrees of the LORD for Israel:H6572H5406H4428H783H5414H5830H3548H5608H5608H1697H4687H3068H2706H347812Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.H783H4430H4430H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H1585H370613Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including priests and Levites, who wish to go to Jerusalem with you, may go.H4481H7761H2942H3606H4481H5972H3479H3549H3879H4437H5069H1946H3390H1946H597414You are sent by the king and his seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.H1768H6903H3606H7972H4481H6925H4430H7655H3272H1240H5922H3061H3390H1882H426H302815Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,H2987H3702H1722H4430H3272H5069H426H3479H1768H4907H339016together with all the silver and gold you may obtain from the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests for the temple of their God in Jerusalem.H3606H3702H1722H7912H3606H4083H895H5974H5069H5972H3549H5069H1005H426H339017With this money be sure to buy bulls, rams and male lambs, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and sacrifice them on the altar of the temple of your God in Jerusalem.H3606H6903H7066H629H1836H3702H8450H1798H563H4504H5261H7127H1994H5922H4056H1005H426H339018You and your brother Jews may then do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, in accordance with the will of your God.H4101H1768H3191H5922H252H5648H7606H3702H1722H5648H7470H42619Deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles entrusted to you for worship in the temple of your God.H3984H3052H6402H1005H426H8000H6925H426H339020And anything else needed for the temple of your God that you may have occasion to supply, you may provide from the royal treasury.H7606H2819H1005H426H5308H5415H5415H4481H4430H1596H100521Now I, King Artaxerxes, order all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates to provide with diligence whatever Ezra the priest, a teacher of the Law of the God of heaven, may ask of you--H4481H576H783H4430H7761H2942H3606H1490H5675H5103H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H7593H5648H62922up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.H5705H3969H3604H3702H3969H3734H2591H3969H1325H2562H3969H1325H4887H4416H3809H379223Whatever the God of heaven has prescribed, let it be done with diligence for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and of his sons?H3606H2941H4481H426H8065H149H5648H1005H426H8065H1768H4101H1934H7109H5922H4437H4430H112324You are also to know that you have no authority to impose taxes, tribute or duty on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants or other workers at this house of God.H3046H3606H3549H3879H2171H8652H5412H6399H1836H1005H426H3809H7990H7412H4061H1093H1983H592225And you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God, which you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates--all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach any who do not know them.H607H5831H2452H426H3028H4483H8200H1782H1934H1778H3606H5972H5675H5103H3606H3046H1882H426H3046H3046H380926Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.H3606H3809H1934H5648H1882H426H1882H4430H1780H1934H5648H629H4481H2006H4193H2006H8332H2006H6065H5232H61327Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this wayH1288H3068H430H1H5414H4428H3820H6286H1004H3068H338928and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisers and all the king's powerful officials. Because the hand of the LORD my God was on me, I took courage and gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.H5186H2617H6440H4428H3289H4428H1368H8269H2388H3027H3068H430H6908H3478H7218H5927
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