Verse 8
Ezra 7:8
World English Bible
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He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֥א יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הַ/חֲמִישִׁ֑י הִ֛יא שְׁנַ֥ת הַ/שְּׁבִיעִ֖ית לַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which is the seventh year of the king.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son...
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the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
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the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
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the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
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the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
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this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God (...
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Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekee...
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He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the...
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For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances...
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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, eve...
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Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God (Elohim) of...
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I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my re...
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Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem...
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and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God (...
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and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill off...
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therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their meal offer...
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Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do t...
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The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God (Elohim), deliver before...
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Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God (Elohim), which you may have occasion to give...
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I, even I Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that wh...
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up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of w...
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Whatever is commanded by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God...
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Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on any of the pri...
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You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God (Elohim) that is in your hand, appoint magistrates an...
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Whoever will not do the law of your God (Elohim) and the law of the king, let judgment be executed o...
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Blessed be Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s h...
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and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s...
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