Verse 12
Ezra 7:12
Young's Literal Translation
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'Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven, and at such a time:
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא מֶ֖לֶךְ מַלְכַיָּ֑/א לְ/עֶזְרָ֣א כָ֠הֲנָ/א סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜/א דִּֽי אֱלָ֧הּ שְׁמַיָּ֛/א גְּמִ֖יר וּ/כְעֶֽנֶת
English Translation
Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and according to the wisdom.
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Chapter 7 Context
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And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azari...
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son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
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son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
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son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
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son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest;
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Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah...
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And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the...
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And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that [is in] the seventh year of the king,
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for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth...
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for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statu...
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And this [is] a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a s...
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'Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of h...
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By me hath been made a decree that every one who is willing, in my kingdom, of the people of Israel...
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because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and...
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and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God (Elohim)...
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and all the silver and gold that thou findest in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will off...
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therefore thou dost speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and the...
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and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, accor...
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'And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God (Elohim), make perf...
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and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God (Elohim), that it falleth to thee to give...
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'And by me -- I Artaxerxes the king -- is made a decree to all treasurers who [are] beyond the river...
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Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unt...
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all that [is] by the decree of the God (Elohim) of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of t...
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'And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Net...
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'And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God (Elohim), that [is] in thy hand, appoint magistr...
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and any who doth not do the law of thy God (Elohim), and the law of the king, speedily is judgment d...
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Blessed [is] Jehovah, God (Elohim) of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart...
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and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the migh...
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