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Ezra 7:12-26

7:12

Artaxerxes
<0783>_,

king
<04430>

of kings
<04430>_,

unto Ezra
<05831>

the priest
<03549>_,

a scribe
<05613>

of the law
<01882>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

perfect
<01585> (8752)

[peace], and at such a time
<03706>_.

{unto...: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc}

7:13

I
<04481>

make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>_,

that all
<03606>

they of
<04481>

the people
<05972>

of Israel
<03479>_,

and [of] his priests
<03549>

and Levites
<03879>_,

in my realm
<04437>_,

which are minded of their own freewill
<05069> (8723)

to go up
<01946> (8749)

to Jerusalem
<03390>_,

go
<01946> (8748)

with thee
<05974>_.

7:14

Forasmuch
<01768> <06903>

as
<03606>

thou art sent
<07972> (8750)

of
<04481> <06925>

the king
<04430>_,

and of his seven
<07655>

counsellors
<03272> (8750)_,

to enquire
<01240> (8742)

concerning
<05922>

Judah
<03061>

and Jerusalem
<03390>_,

according to the law
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>

which [is] in thine hand
<03028>_;

{of the king: Chaldee, from before the king}

7:15

And to carry
<02987> (8682)

the silver
<03702>

and gold
<01722>_,

which the king
<04430>

and his counsellors
<03272> (8750)

have freely offered
<05069> (8724)

unto the God
<0426>

of Israel
<03479>_,

whose
<01768>

habitation
<04907>

[is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_,

7:16

And all
<03606>

the silver
<03702>

and gold
<01722>

that thou canst find
<07912> (8681)

in all
<03606>

the province
<04083>

of Babylon
<0895>_,

with
<05974>

the freewill offering
<05069> (8722)

of the people
<05972>_,

and of the priests
<03549>_,

offering willingly
<05069> (8723)

for the house
<01005>

of their God
<0426>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_:

7:17

That
<03606> <06903>

thou mayest buy
<07066> (8748)

speedily
<0629>

with this
<01836>

money
<03702>

bullocks
<08450>_,

rams
<01798>_,

lambs
<0563>_,

with their meat offerings
<04504>

and their drink offerings
<05261>_,

and offer
<07127> (8741)

them
<01994>

upon
<05922>

the altar
<04056>

of the house
<01005>

of your God
<0426>

which [is] in Jerusalem
<03390>_.

7:18

And whatsoever
<04101> <01768>

shall seem good
<03191> (8748)

to thee, and to
<05922>

thy brethren
<0252>_,

to do
<05648> (8749)

with the rest
<07606>

of the silver
<03702>

and the gold
<01722>_,

that do
<05648> (8748)

after the will
<07470>

of your God
<0426>_.

7:19

The vessels
<03984>

also that are given
<03052> (8727)

thee for the service
<06402>

of the house
<01005>

of thy God
<0426>_,

[those] deliver
<08000> (8680)

thou before
<06925>

the God
<0426>

of Jerusalem
<03390>_.

7:20

And whatsoever more
<07606>

shall be needful
<02819>

for the house
<01005>

of thy God
<0426>_,

which thou shalt have occasion
<05308> (8748)

to bestow
<05415> (8749)_,

bestow
<05415> (8748)

[it] out of
<04481>

the king's
<04430>

treasure
<01596>

house
<01005>_.

7:21

And I
<04481>_,

[even] I
<0576>

Artaxerxes
<0783>

the king
<04430>_,

do make
<07761> (8752)

a decree
<02942>

to all
<03606>

the treasurers
<01490>

which [are] beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

that whatsoever Ezra
<05831>

the priest
<03549>_,

the scribe
<05613>

of the law
<01882>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

shall require
<07593> (8748)

of you, it be done
<05648> (8725)

speedily
<0629>_,

7:22

Unto
<05705>

an hundred
<03969>

talents
<03604>

of silver
<03702>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

measures
<03734>

of wheat
<02591>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

baths
<01325>

of wine
<02562>_,

and to an hundred
<03969>

baths
<01325>

of oil
<04887>_,

and salt
<04416>

without
<03809>

prescribing
<03792>

[how much]. {measures: Chaldee, cors}

7:23

Whatsoever
<03606>

is commanded by
<02941> <04481>

the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

let it be diligently
<0149>

done
<05648> (8725)

for the house
<01005>

of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_:

for
<01768>

why
<04101>

should there be
<01934> (8748)

wrath
<07109>

against
<05922>

the realm
<04437>

of the king
<04430>

and his sons
<01123>_?

{Whatsoever...: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree}

7:24

Also we certify
<03046> (8683)

you, that touching any
<03606>

of the priests
<03549>

and Levites
<03879>_,

singers
<02171>_,

porters
<08652>_,

Nethinims
<05412>_,

or ministers
<06399> (8750)

of this
<01836>

house
<01005>

of God
<0426>_,

it shall not
<03809>

be lawful
<07990>

to impose
<07412> (8749)

toll
<04061>_,

tribute
<01093>_,

or custom
<01983>_,

upon
<05922>

them.

7:25

And thou
<0607>_,

Ezra
<05831>_,

after the wisdom
<02452>

of thy God
<0426>_,

that [is] in thine hand
<03028>_,

set
<04483> (8740)

magistrates
<08200> (8751)

and judges
<01782>_,

which may judge
<01934> (8748) <01778> (8751)

all
<03606>

the people
<05972>

that [are] beyond
<05675>

the river
<05103>_,

all
<03606>

such as know
<03046> (8751)

the laws
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>_;

and teach
<03046> (8681)

ye them that know
<03046> (8751)

[them] not
<03809>_.

7:26

And whosoever
<03606>

will not
<03809>

do
<01934> (8748) <05648> (8751)

the law
<01882>

of thy God
<0426>_,

and the law
<01882>

of the king
<04430>_,

let judgment
<01780>

be
<01934> (8748)

executed
<05648> (8727)

speedily
<0629>

upon him
<04481>_,

whether
<02006>

[it be] unto death
<04193>_,

or
<02006>

to banishment
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or
<02006>

to confiscation
<06065>

of goods
<05232>_,

or to imprisonment
<0613>_.

{to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out}