Verse 8

Ezra 7:8

English Revised Version

8 And 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

1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son... Focus ↗

2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, Focus ↗

3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Focus ↗

4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Focus ↗

5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: Focus ↗

6 this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the G... Focus ↗

7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singe... Focus ↗

8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of th... Focus ↗

10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute... Focus ↗

11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, e... Focus ↗

12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven... Focus ↗

13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my rea... Focus ↗

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Je... Focus ↗

15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the Go... Focus ↗

16 and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill o... Focus ↗

17 therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal o... Focus ↗

18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the... Focus ↗

19 And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God (Elohim), deliver thou b... Focus ↗

20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God (Elohim), which thou shalt have occasi... Focus ↗

21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river... Focus ↗

22 unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of w... Focus ↗

23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the G... Focus ↗

24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, o... Focus ↗

25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God (Elohim) that is in thine hand, appoint magistrates and... Focus ↗

26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God (Elohim), and the law of the king, let judgment be exec... Focus ↗

27 Blessed be the LORD, the God (Elohim) of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the kin... Focus ↗

28 and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s migh... Focus ↗

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