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Ezra 7
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Ezra’s Arrival

7After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra— Seraiah's son, Azariah's son, Hilkiah's son,H310H1697H4438H783H4428H6539H5830H1121H8304H1121H5838H1121H2518
2Shallum's son, Zadok's son, Ahitub's son,H1121H7967H1121H6659H1121H285
3Amariah's son, Azariah's son, Meraioth's son,H1121H568H1121H5838H1121H4812
4Zerahiah's son, Uzzi's son, Bukki's son,H1121H2228H1121H5813H1121H1231
5Abishua's son, Phinehas's son, Eleazar's son, Aaron the chief priest's sonH1121H50H1121H6372H1121H499H1121H175H7218H3548
6— came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was on him.H5830H5927H894H4106H5608H8451H4872H3068H430H3478H5414H4428H5414H1246H3027H3068H430
7Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants accompanied [him] to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.H5927H1121H3478H3548H3881H7891H7778H5411H3389H7651H8141H783H4428
8Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.H935H3389H2549H2320H7637H8141H4428
9He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month. The gracious hand of his God was on him,H259H7223H2320H3246H4609H894H259H2549H2320H935H3389H2896H3027H430
10because Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the LORD, obey [it], and teach [its] statutes and ordinances in Israel.H5830H3559H3824H1875H8451H3068H6213H3925H3478H2706H4941

Letter from Artaxerxes

11This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the LORD's commandments and statutes for Israel:H6572H5406H4428H783H5414H5830H3548H5608H5608H1697H4687H3068H2706H3478
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven: Greetings [to you].H783H4430H4430H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H1585H3706
13I issue a decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, including their priests and Levites, who want to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.H4481H7761H2942H3606H4481H5972H3479H3549H3879H4437H5069H1946H3390H1946H5974
14You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God, which is in your possession.H1768H6903H3606H7972H4481H6925H4430H7655H3272H1240H5922H3061H3390H1882H426H3028
15[You are] also to bring the silver and gold the king and his counselors have willingly given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,H2987H3702H1722H4430H3272H5069H426H3479H1768H4907H3390
16and all the silver and gold you receive throughout the province of Babylon, together with the freewill offerings given by the people and the priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.H3606H3702H1722H7912H3606H4083H895H5974H5069H5972H3549H5069H1005H426H3390
17Then, you are to buy with this money as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, along with their grain and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.H3606H6903H7066H629H1836H3702H8450H1798H563H4504H5261H7127H1994H5922H4056H1005H426H3390
18You may do whatever seems best to you and your brothers with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.H4101H1768H3191H5922H252H5648H7606H3702H1722H5648H7470H426
19You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.H3984H3052H6402H1005H426H8000H6925H426H3390
20You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else you have to supply [to meet] the needs of the house of your God.H7606H2819H1005H426H5308H5415H5415H4481H4430H1596H1005
21I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River: Whatever Ezra the priest and expert in the law of the God of heaven asks of you must be provided promptly,H4481H576H783H4430H7761H2942H3606H1490H5675H5103H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H7593H5648H629
22up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.H5705H3969H3604H3702H3969H3734H2591H3969H1325H2562H3969H1325H4887H4416H3809H3792
23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.H3606H2941H4481H426H8065H149H5648H1005H426H8065H1768H4101H1934H7109H5922H4437H4430H1123
24Be advised that tribute, duty, and land tax must not be imposed on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or [other] servants of this house of God.H3046H3606H3549H3879H2171H8652H5412H6399H1836H1005H426H3809H7990H7412H4061H1093H1983H5922
25And you, Ezra, according to God's wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know [them].H607H5831H2452H426H3028H4483H8200H1782H1934H1778H3606H5972H5675H5103H3606H3046H1882H426H3046H3046H3809
26Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a fair judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.H3606H3809H1934H5648H1882H426H1882H4430H1780H1934H5648H629H4481H2006H4193H2006H8332H2006H6065H5232H613
27Praise the LORD God of our fathers, who has put it into the king's mind to glorify the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,H1288H3068H430H1H5414H4428H3820H6286H1004H3068H3389
28and who has shown favor to me before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the LORD my God, and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.H5186H2617H6440H4428H3289H4428H1368H8269H2388H3027H3068H430H6908H3478H7218H5927


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