Verse 6
Ezra 7:6
King James Version
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This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he
was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God (Elohim) upon 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
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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 God (E...
7
And there went up
some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singe...
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8
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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10
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do
it, and to teach in Israel st...
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11
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, a scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven,...
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13
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and
of
his priests and Levites, in my realm...
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14
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah an...
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15
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the Go...
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16
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill o...
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17
That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and t...
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18
And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and t...
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19
The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God (Elohim),
those deliver...
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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 diligently done for the house of th...
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Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or m...
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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God (Elohim), that
is in thine hand, set magistrates and jud...
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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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27
Blessed
be the LORD God (Elohim) of our fathers, which hath put
such a thing as this in the king’s h...
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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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