Verse 28
Ezra 7:28
Bible in Basic English
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And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God (Elohim) which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עָלַ֣/י הִטָּה חֶ֗סֶד לִ/פְנֵ֤י הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְ/יֽוֹעֲצָ֔י/ו וּ/לְ/כָל שָׂרֵ֥י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ הַ/גִּבֹּרִ֑ים וַ/אֲנִ֣י הִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּי כְּ/יַד יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהַ/י֙ עָלַ֔/י וָ/אֶקְבְּצָ֧/ה מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֛ל רָאשִׁ֖ים לַ/עֲל֥וֹת עִמִּֽ/י
English Translation
And I bent kindness before the king and his counselors and all the mighty men of the king, and I strengthened myself by the hand of Yahweh my God upon me, and I gathered chiefs from Israel to go up with me.
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Chapter 7 Context
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Now after these things, when Artaxerxes was king of Persia, Ezra, the son of Seraiah, the son of Aza...
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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 scribe, expert in the law of Moses which the Lord, the...
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And some of the children of Israel went up, with some of the priests and the Levites and the music-m...
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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.
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For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on...
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For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules...
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Now this is a copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest and the scribe, who...
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Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God (Elohim) of heaven, all...
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And now it is my order that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and Levites in my k...
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Because you are sent by the king and his seven wise men, to get knowledge about Judah and Jerusalem,...
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And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God (Elo...
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As well as all the silver and gold which you get from the land of Babylon, together with the offerin...
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So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink o...
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And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, tha...
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And the vessels which have been given to you for the uses of the house of your God (Elohim), you are...
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And whatever more is needed for the house of your God (Elohim), and which you may have to give, take...
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And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, now give orders to all keepers of the king's money across the ri...
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Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hu...
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Whatever is ordered by the God (Elohim) of heaven, let it be done completely for the house of the Go...
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In addition, we make it clear to you, that it will be against the law to put any tax or payment in g...
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And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God (Elohim) which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to h...
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And if anyone does not keep the law of your God (Elohim) and the law of the king, take care that pun...
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Praise be to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of t...
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And has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captain...