Verse 21
Ezra 7:21
English Revised Version
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וּ֠/מִנִּ/י אֲנָ֞ה אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא מַלְכָּ/א֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְ/כֹל֙ גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔/א דִּ֖י בַּ/עֲבַ֣ר נַהֲרָ֑/ה דִּ֣י כָל דִּ֣י יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְ/כוֹן עֶזְרָ֨א כָהֲנָ֜/ה סָפַ֤ר דָּתָ/א֙ דִּֽי אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔/א אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא יִתְעֲבִֽד
English Translation
And from me, Artaxerxes, king, give a decree to all my governors beyond the river, that whatever they ask of you, it shall be done diligently, according to the law of your God, which is in heaven; I will be careful to do it.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the G...
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And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singe...
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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of th...
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For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statute...
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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, e...
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Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven...
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I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my rea...
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Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Je...
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and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the Go...
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and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill o...
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therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal o...
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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the...
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And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God (Elohim), deliver thou b...
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God (Elohim), which thou shalt have occasi...
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river...
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unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of w...
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Whatsoever is commanded by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the G...
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Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, o...
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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God (Elohim) that is in thine hand, appoint magistrates and...
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And whosoever will not do the law of thy God (Elohim), and the law of the king, let judgment be exec...
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Blessed be the LORD, the God (Elohim) of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the kin...
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and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s migh...
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