Verse 6
Ezra 7:6
World English Bible, British Edition
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this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according
to the LORD his God (Elohim)’s hand on him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
ה֤וּא עֶזְרָא֙ עָלָ֣ה מִ/בָּבֶ֔ל וְ/הֽוּא סֹפֵ֤ר מָהִיר֙ בְּ/תוֹרַ֣ת מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥ן יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יִּתֶּן ל֣/וֹ הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ כְּ/יַד יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהָי/ו֙ עָלָ֔י/ו כֹּ֖ל בַּקָּשָׁתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He, Ezra, went up from Babylon, and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all his request according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
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Chapter 7 Context
1
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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6
this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD, the God...
7
Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites,
the singers, the gatekee...
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8
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year
of the king.
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9
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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10
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and
to teach statutes and ordinance...
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11
Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave
to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even th...
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12
Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God (Elohim) of...
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13
I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests
and the Levites in my realm...
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14
Because you are sent by the king and his seven counsellors to enquire
concerning Judah and Jerusalem...
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15
and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors
have freely offered to the God...
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16
and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of
Babylon, with the free will of...
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17
Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams,
and lambs with their meal of...
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18
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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19
The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your
God (Elohim), deliver before...
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20
Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God (Elohim), which you may
have occasion to give...
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21
I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all
the treasurers who are beyond the River, that w...
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22
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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23
Whatever is commanded by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be done exactly for
the house of the God...
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24
Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose
tribute, custom, or toll on any of the prie...
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25
You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God (Elohim) that
is in your hand, appoint magistrates an...
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26
Whoever will not do the law of your God (Elohim) and the law of the king, let
judgement be executed...
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27
Blessed be the LORD, the God (Elohim) of our fathers, who has put
such a thing as this in the king’s...
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28
and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counsellors,
and before all the king’...
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