Verse 6
Ezra 7:6
Noah Webster Bible
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This Ezra went 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 from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God (Eloh...
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And there went some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers,...
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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 he began to go from Babylon, and on the first day of the f...
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it , and to teach in Israel s...
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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, eve...
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Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven, pe...
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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 by the king, and by his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and...
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15
And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God (...
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And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will-...
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That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings and t...
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And whatever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and gol...
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The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God (Elohim), those deliver...
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And whatever more shall be needful for the house of thy God (Elohim), which thou shalt have occasion...
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river,...
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To a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine,...
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Whatever is commanded by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the...
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Also we certify you, that concerning any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or...
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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God (Elohim), that is in thy hand, set magistrates and judge...
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And whoever will not do the law of thy God (Elohim), and the law of the king, let judgment be execut...
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Blessed be the LORD God (Elohim) of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king's hea...
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And hath extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty...
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