
Text -- Ezra 7:18 (NET)




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Clarke -> Ezr 7:18
Clarke: Ezr 7:18 - -- After the will of your God - He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions, binding them to no form or m...
After the will of your God - He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions, binding them to no form or mode of worship.
Defender -> Ezr 7:18
Defender: Ezr 7:18 - -- The temple, having been completed under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua several decades previously had fallen into disrepair despite the proph...
The temple, having been completed under the leadership of Zerubbabel and Joshua several decades previously had fallen into disrepair despite the prophetic preaching of Haggai and Zechariah (Ezr 5:1, Ezr 5:2; Ezr 6:15). The offerings and sacrifices were being neglected and the general moral character of the people had deteriorated. Therefore God, through Artaxerxes, sent Ezra and Nehemiah, as well as the prophet Malachi, to stir up their hearts."
TSK -> Ezr 7:18
TSK: Ezr 7:18 - -- whatsoever : 2Ki 12:15, 2Ki 22:7
that do : Ezr 7:26; Eph 5:17
after the will : He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to thei...

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Gill -> Ezr 7:18
Gill: Ezr 7:18 - -- And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren,.... The priests, that he should think fit to take in to his assistance in this work:
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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren,.... The priests, that he should think fit to take in to his assistance in this work:
to do with the rest of the silver and gold; which should be left after the sacrifices were offered up:
that do after the will of your God; as they should be directed by him, or was prescribed by him in the law.

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TSK Synopsis -> Ezr 7:1-28
TSK Synopsis: Ezr 7:1-28 - --1 Ezra goes up to Jerusalem.11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.27 Ezra blesses God for this favour.
MHCC -> Ezr 7:11-26
MHCC: Ezr 7:11-26 - --The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the...
Matthew Henry -> Ezr 7:11-26
Matthew Henry: Ezr 7:11-26 - -- We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample an...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Ezr 7:11-28
Keil-Delitzsch: Ezr 7:11-28 - --
The commission given by Artachshasta to Ezra (Ezr 7:11) , with a shortpostscript by Ezra (Ezr 7:27 and Ezr 7:28). - Ezr 7:11 The introductory tit...
Constable: Ezr 7:1--10:44 - --II. THE SECOND RETURN UNDER EZRA chs. 7--10
A period of 58 years separates Ezra 6 from Ezra 7 (515-458 B.C.). Du...

Constable: Ezr 7:1--8:36 - --A. The Return to Jerusalem CHS. 7-8
In 458 B.C. God moved Ezra, a Jewish priest and scribe who was livin...
