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Ezra
Chapter 7
{Genealogy
from Aaron to Ezra}
1
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, 2
the
son of Shallum,
the
son of Zadok,
the
son of Ahitub, 3
the
son of Amariah,
the
son of Azariah,
the
son of Meraioth, 4
the
son of Zerahiah,
the
son of Uzzi,
the
son of Bukki, 5
the
son of Abishua,
the
son of Phinehas,
the
son of Eleazar,
the
son of Aaron the chief priest.
{Note: Artaxerxes/'Artachshashta' is the son of King Xerxes who was the son of Darius I. These men were all great Persian kings and were referred to in the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2:39 as the strong 'arms of silver'. He also was the king who sent Nehemiah to Jerusalem in Nehemiah 2.}
6
This Ezra went up from Babylon
and
he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses,
which
Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel had given.
And
the king granted him all his request,
according
to the hand of Jehovah/God . . .
his
'Elohiym/Godhead upon him.
7
And there went up some of the children of Israel,
and
of the priests, and the Levites,
and
the singers, and the porters,
and
the Nethinims,
unto
Jerusalem,
in
the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month,
which
was in the seventh year of the king.
9
For upon the first day of the first month
he
began to go up from Babylon,
and
on the first day of the fifth month
he
came to Jerusalem,
according
to the good hand of his 'Elohiym/Godhead upon him.
10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah/God,
and
to do it,
and
to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11
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 Jehovah/God,
and
of His statutes to Israel.
12
"Artaxerxes, king of kings,
unto
Ezra the priest,
a
scribe of the law of the 'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven,
perfect
peace, and at such a time. 13
I
make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel,
and
of his priests and Levites, in my realm,
which
are minded of their own freewill
to
go up to Jerusalem, go with you all. 14
Forasmuch
as you are sent of the king,
and
of his seven counselors,
to
inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
according
to the law of your 'Elohiym/Godhead
which
is in your hand; 15
and
to carry the silver and gold,
which
the king and his counselors
have
freely offered unto 'Elohiym/Godhead of Israel,
whose
habitation is in Jerusalem, 16
And
all the silver and gold
that
you can find in all the province of Babylon,
with
the freewill offering of the people,
and
of the priests,
offering
willingly for the house
of
their 'Elohiym/Godhead which is in Jerusalem 17
that
you may buy speedily with this money
bullocks,
rams, lambs, with their meat offerings
and
their drink offerings,
and
offer them upon the altar of the house of your 'Elohiym/Godhead
which
is in Jerusalem.
18
And whatsoever shall seem good to you,
and
to your brethren,
to
do with the rest of the silver and the gold,
that
do after the will of your 'Elohiym/Godhead.
19
The vessels also that are given you all
for
the service of the house of your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
those
deliver you before 'Elohiym/Godhead of Jerusalem. 20
And
whatsoever more shall be needful
for
the house of your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
which
you shall have occasion to bestow,
bestow
it out of the king's treasure house.
21
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 'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven,
shall
require of you, it be done speedily, 22
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. 23
Whatsoever
is commanded by 'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven,
let
it be diligently done for the house
of
the 'Elohiym/Godhead of heaven . . .
for
why should there be wrath
against
the realm of the king and his sons? 24
Also
we certify you,
that
touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers,
porters, Nethinims,
or
ministers of this house of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
it
shall not be lawful
to
impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. 25
And
you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
that
is in your hand,
set
magistrates and judges,
which
may judge all the people that are beyond the river,
all
such as know the laws of your 'Elohiym/Godhead;
and
teach you them that know them not. 26
And
whosoever will not do the law of your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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. 27
Blessed
be Jehovah/God . . . 'Elohiym/Godhead of our fathers,
which
has put such a thing as this in the king's heart,
to
beautify the house of Jehovah/God which is in Jerusalem. 28
And
has extended mercy unto me before the king,
and
his counselors,
and
before all the king's mighty princes."
And
I {Ezra} was strengthened
as
the hand of Jehovah/God my 'Elohiym/Godhead
was
upon me,
and
I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
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