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| 7:1 | 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, |
| 7:2 | The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, |
| 7:3 | The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, |
| 7:4 | The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, |
| 7:5 | The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: |
| 7:6 | This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. |
| 7:7 | 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. |
| 7:8 | And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. |
| 7:9 | For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. |
| 7:10 | For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. |
| 7:11 | 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 the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. |
| 7:12 | Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. |
| 7:13 | 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 thee. |
| 7:14 | Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; |
| 7:15 | And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, |
| 7:16 | And all the silver and gold that thou canst 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 God which is in Jerusalem: |
| 7:17 | That thou mayest 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 God which is in Jerusalem. |
| 7:18 | And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. |
| 7:19 | The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. |
| 7:20 | And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. |
| 7:21 | 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 God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, |
| 7:22 | 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. |
| 7:23 | Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? |
| 7:24 | Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. |
| 7:25 | And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. |
| 7:26 | And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, 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. |
| 7:27 | Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: |
| 7:28 | And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. |
| 7:1 | ואחר הדברים האלה במלכות ארתחשׁסתא מלך פרס עזרא בן שׂריה בן עזריה בן חלקיה׃ |
| 7:2 | בן שׁלום בן צדוק בן אחיטוב׃ |
| 7:3 | בן אמריה בן עזריה בן מריות׃ |
| 7:4 | בן זרחיה בן עזי בן בקי׃ |
| 7:5 | בן אבישׁוע בן פינחס בן אלעזר בן אהרן הכהן הראשׁ׃ |
| 7:6 | הוא עזרא עלה מבבל והוא ספר מהיר בתורת משׁה אשׁר נתן יהוה אלהי ישׂראל ויתן לו המלך כיד יהוה אלהיו עליו כל בקשׁתו׃ |
| 7:7 | ויעלו מבני ישׂראל ומן הכהנים והלוים והמשׁררים והשׁערים והנתינים אל ירושׁלם בשׁנת שׁבע לארתחשׁסתא המלך׃ |
| 7:8 | ויבא ירושׁלם בחדשׁ החמישׁי היא שׁנת השׁביעית למלך׃ |
| 7:9 | כי באחד לחדשׁ הראשׁון הוא יסד המעלה מבבל ובאחד לחדשׁ החמישׁי בא אל ירושׁלם כיד אלהיו הטובה עליו׃ |
| 7:10 | כי עזרא הכין לבבו לדרושׁ את תורת יהוה ולעשׂת וללמד בישׂראל חק ומשׁפט׃ |
| 7:11 | וזה פרשׁגן הנשׁתון אשׁר נתן המלך ארתחשׁסתא לעזרא הכהן הספר ספר דברי מצות יהוה וחקיו על ישׂראל׃ |
| 7:12 | ארתחשׁסתא מלך מלכיא לעזרא כהנא ספר דתא די אלה שׁמיא גמיר וכענת׃ |
| 7:13 | מני שׂים טעם די כל מתנדב במלכותי מן עמה ישׂראל וכהנוהי ולויא למהך לירושׁלם עמך יהך׃ |
| 7:14 | כל קבל די מן קדם מלכא ושׁבעת יעטהי שׁליח לבקרא על יהוד ולירושׁלם בדת אלהך די בידך׃ |
| 7:15 | ולהיבלה כסף ודהב די מלכא ויעטוהי התנדבו לאלה ישׂראל די בירושׁלם משׁכנה׃ |
| 7:16 | וכל כסף ודהב די תהשׁכח בכל מדינת בבל עם התנדבות עמא וכהניא מתנדבין לבית אלההם די בירושׁלם׃ |
| 7:17 | כל קבל דנה אספרנא תקנא בכספא דנה תורין דכרין אמרין ומנחתהון ונסכיהון ותקרב המו על מדבחה די בית אלהכם די בירושׁלם׃ |
| 7:18 | ומה די עליך ועל אחיך ייטב בשׁאר כספא ודהבה למעבד כרעות אלהכם תעבדון׃ |
| 7:19 | ומאניא די מתיהבין לך לפלחן בית אלהך השׁלם קדם אלה ירושׁלם׃ |
| 7:20 | ושׁאר חשׁחות בית אלהך די יפל לך למנתן תנתן מן בית גנזי מלכא׃ |
| 7:21 | ומני אנה ארתחשׁסתא מלכא שׂים טעם לכל גזבריא די בעבר נהרה די כל די ישׁאלנכון עזרא כהנה ספר דתא די אלה שׁמיא אספרנא יתעבד׃ |
| 7:22 | עד כסף ככרין מאה ועד חנטין כרין מאה ועד חמר בתין מאה ועד בתין משׁח מאה ומלח די לא כתב׃ |
| 7:23 | כל די מן טעם אלה שׁמיא יתעבד אדרזדא לבית אלה שׁמיא די למה להוא קצף על מלכות מלכא ובנוהי׃ |
| 7:24 | ולכם מהודעין די כל כהניא ולויא זמריא תרעיא נתיניא ופלחי בית אלהא דנה מנדה בלו והלך לא שׁליט למרמא עליהם׃ |
| 7:25 | ואנת עזרא כחכמת אלהך די בידך מני שׁפטין ודינין די להון דאנין לכל עמה די בעבר נהרה לכל ידעי דתי אלהך ודי לא ידע תהודעון׃ |
| 7:26 | וכל די לא להוא עבד דתא די אלהך ודתא די מלכא אספרנא דינה להוא מתעבד מנה הן למות הן לשׁרשׁו הן לענשׁ נכסין ולאסורין׃ |
| 7:27 | ברוך יהוה אלהי אבותינו אשׁר נתן כזאת בלב המלך לפאר את בית יהוה אשׁר בירושׁלם׃ |
| 7:28 | ועלי הטה חסד לפני המלך ויועציו ולכל שׂרי המלך הגברים ואני התחזקתי כיד יהוה אלהי עלי ואקבצה מישׂראל ראשׁים לעלות עמי׃ |
| 7:1 | And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, |
| 7:2 | son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, |
| 7:3 | son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, |
| 7:4 | son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, |
| 7:5 | son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest; |
| 7:6 | Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he `is' a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him -- according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him -- all his request. |
| 7:7 | And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. |
| 7:8 | And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that `is in' the seventh year of the king, |
| 7:9 | for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him, |
| 7:10 | for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment. |
| 7:11 | And this `is' a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel: |
| 7:12 | `Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time: |
| 7:13 | By me hath been made a decree that every one who is willing, in my kingdom, of the people of Israel and of its priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem with thee, doth go; |
| 7:14 | because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the law of God that `is' in thy hand, |
| 7:15 | and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle `is' in Jerusalem, |
| 7:16 | and all the silver and gold that thou findest in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will offerings of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly, for the house of their God that `is' in Jerusalem, |
| 7:17 | therefore thou dost speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and their libations, and dost bring them near to the altar of the house of your God that `is' in Jerusalem, |
| 7:18 | and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God ye do.' |
| 7:19 | `And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem; |
| 7:20 | and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God, that it falleth to thee to give, thou dost give from the treasure-house of the king. |
| 7:21 | `And by me -- I Artaxerxes the king -- is made a decree to all treasurers who `are' beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily: |
| 7:22 | Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unto oil a hundred baths, and salt without reckoning; |
| 7:23 | all that `is' by the decree of the God of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons? |
| 7:24 | `And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up. |
| 7:25 | `And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God, that `is' in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may be judges to all the people who are beyond the river, to all knowing the law of thy God, and he who hath not known ye cause to know; |
| 7:26 | and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.' |
| 7:27 | Blessed `is' Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that `is' in Jerusalem, |
| 7:28 | and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God `is' upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me. |
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