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1 # Now after <0310> these things <01697>, in the reign <04438> of Artaxerxes <0783> king <04428> of Persia <06539>, Ezra <05830> the son <01121> of Seraiah <08304>, the son <01121> of Azariah <05838>, the son <01121> of Hilkiah <02518>,
2 The son <01121> of Shallum <07967>, the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>, the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>,
3 The son <01121> of Amariah <0568>, the son <01121> of Azariah <05838>, the son <01121> of Meraioth <04812>,
4 The son <01121> of Zerahiah <02228>, the son <01121> of Uzzi <05813>, the son <01121> of Bukki <01231>,
5 The son <01121> of Abishua <050>, the son <01121> of Phinehas <06372>, the son <01121> of Eleazar <0499> , the son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the chief <07218> priest <03548>:
6 This Ezra <05830> went up <05927> (8804) from Babylon <0894>; and he was a ready <04106> scribe <05608> (8802) in the law <08451> of Moses <04872>, which the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> had given <05414> (8804): and the king <04428> granted <05414> (8799) him all his request <01246>, according to the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> his God <0430> upon him.
7 And there went up <05927> (8799) some of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, and of the priests <03548> , and the Levites <03881>, and the singers <07891> (8789), and the porters <07778>, and the Nethinims <05411>, unto Jerusalem <03389>, in the seventh <07651> year <08141> of Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04428>.
8 And he came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389> in the fifth <02549> month <02320>, which was in the seventh <07637> year <08141> of the king <04428>.
9 For upon the first <0259> day of the first <07223> month <02320> began <03246> he to go up <04609> from Babylon <0894>, and on the first <0259> day of the fifth <02549> month <02320> came <0935> (8804) he to Jerusalem <03389>, according to the good <02896> hand <03027> of his God <0430> upon him.
10 For Ezra <05830> had prepared <03559> (8689) his heart <03824> to seek <01875> (8800) the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>, and to do <06213> (8800) it, and to teach <03925> (8763) in Israel <03478> statutes <02706> and judgments <04941>.
11 # Now this is the copy <06572> of the letter <05406> that the king <04428> Artaxerxes <0783> gave <05414> (8804) unto Ezra <05830> the priest <03548>, the scribe <05608> (8802), even a scribe <05608> (8802) of the words <01697> of the commandments <04687> of the LORD <03068>, and of his statutes <02706> to Israel <03478>.
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> .
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>.
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>;
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>,
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> :
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>.
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>.
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>.
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>.
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>,
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.
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> ?
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.
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>.
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 <08332>, or <02006> to confiscation <06065> of goods <05232>, or to imprisonment <0613>.
27 # Blessed <01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068> God <0430> of our fathers <01>, which hath put <05414> (8804) such a thing as this in the king's <04428> heart <03820>, to beautify <06286> (8763) the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> which is in Jerusalem <03389>:
28 And hath extended <05186> (8689) mercy <02617> unto me before <06440> the king <04428>, and his counsellors <03289> (8802), and before all the king's <04428> mighty <01368> princes <08269>. And I was strengthened <02388> (8694) as the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068> my God <0430> was upon me, and I gathered together <06908> (8799) out of Israel <03478> chief men <07218> to go up <05927> (8800) with me.