Ezra 7
7After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra— Seraiah's son, Azariah's son, Hilkiah's son,H310H1697H4438H783H4428H6539H5830H1121H8304H1121H5838H1121H25182Shallum's son, Zadok's son, Ahitub's son,H1121H7967H1121H6659H1121H2853Amariah's son, Azariah's son, Meraioth's son,H1121H568H1121H5838H1121H48124Zerahiah's son, Uzzi's son, Bukki's son,H1121H2228H1121H5813H1121H12315Abishua's son, Phinehas's son, Eleazar's son, Aaron the chief priest's sonH1121H50H1121H6372H1121H499H1121H175H7218H35486— 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.H5830H5927H894H4106H5608H8451H4872H3068H430H3478H5414H4428H5414H1246H3027H3068H4307Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants accompanied [him] to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.H5927H1121H3478H3548H3881H7891H7778H5411H3389H7651H8141H783H44288Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.H935H3389H2549H2320H7637H8141H44289He 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,H259H7223H2320H3246H4609H894H259H2549H2320H935H3389H2896H3027H43010because Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the LORD, obey [it], and teach [its] statutes and ordinances in Israel.H5830H3559H3824H1875H8451H3068H6213H3925H3478H2706H494111This 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:H6572H5406H4428H783H5414H5830H3548H5608H5608H1697H4687H3068H2706H347812Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven: Greetings [to you].H783H4430H4430H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H1585H370613I 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.H4481H7761H2942H3606H4481H5972H3479H3549H3879H4437H5069H1946H3390H1946H597414You 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.H1768H6903H3606H7972H4481H6925H4430H7655H3272H1240H5922H3061H3390H1882H426H302815[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,H2987H3702H1722H4430H3272H5069H426H3479H1768H4907H339016and 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.H3606H3702H1722H7912H3606H4083H895H5974H5069H5972H3549H5069H1005H426H339017Then, 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.H3606H6903H7066H629H1836H3702H8450H1798H563H4504H5261H7127H1994H5922H4056H1005H426H339018You 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.H4101H1768H3191H5922H252H5648H7606H3702H1722H5648H7470H42619You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.H3984H3052H6402H1005H426H8000H6925H426H339020You may use the royal treasury to pay for anything else you have to supply [to meet] the needs of the house of your God.H7606H2819H1005H426H5308H5415H5415H4481H4430H1596H100521I, 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,H4481H576H783H4430H7761H2942H3606H1490H5675H5103H5831H3549H5613H1882H426H8065H7593H5648H62922up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.H5705H3969H3604H3702H3969H3734H2591H3969H1325H2562H3969H1325H4887H4416H3809H379223Whatever 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.H3606H2941H4481H426H8065H149H5648H1005H426H8065H1768H4101H1934H7109H5922H4437H4430H112324Be 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.H3046H3606H3549H3879H2171H8652H5412H6399H1836H1005H426H3809H7990H7412H4061H1093H1983H592225And 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].H607H5831H2452H426H3028H4483H8200H1782H1934H1778H3606H5972H5675H5103H3606H3046H1882H426H3046H3046H380926Anyone 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.H3606H3809H1934H5648H1882H426H1882H4430H1780H1934H5648H629H4481H2006H4193H2006H8332H2006H6065H5232H61327Praise the LORD God of our fathers, who has put it into the king's mind to glorify the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,H1288H3068H430H1H5414H4428H3820H6286H1004H3068H338928and 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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