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Ezra 7 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:1 - And after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:2 - son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:3 - son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:4 - son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:5 - son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the head priest;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:6 - Ezra himself hath come up from Babylon, and he is a scribe ready in the law of Moses, that Jehovah God of Israel gave, and the king giveth to him -- according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him -- all his request.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:7 - And there go up of the sons of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:8 - And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that is in the seventh year of the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:9 - for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:10 - for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.

King's Decree on Behalf of Ezra

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:11 - And this is a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:12 - 'Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, and at such a time:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:13 - By me hath been made a decree that every one who is willing, in my kingdom, of the people of Israel and of its priests and Levites, to go to Jerusalem with thee, doth go;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:14 - because that from the king and his seven counsellors thou art sent, to inquire concerning Judah and concerning Jerusalem, with the law of God that is in thy hand,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:15 - and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:16 - and all the silver and gold that thou findest in all the province of Babylon, with the free-will offerings of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly, for the house of their God that is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:17 - therefore thou dost speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and their libations, and dost bring them near to the altar of the house of your God that is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:18 - and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God ye do.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:19 - 'And the vessels that are given to thee, for the service of the house of thy God, make perfect before the God of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:20 - and the rest of the needful things of the house of thy God, that it falleth to thee to give, thou dost give from the treasure-house of the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:21 - 'And by me -- I Artaxerxes the king -- is made a decree to all treasurers who are beyond the river, that all that Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, doth ask of you, be done speedily:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 - Unto silver a hundred talents, and unto wheat a hundred cors, and unto wine a hundred baths, and unto oil a hundred baths, and salt without reckoning;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:23 - all that is by the decree of the God of heaven, let be done diligently for the house of the God of heaven; for why is there wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - 'And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - 'And thou, Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God, that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may be judges to all the people who are beyond the river, to all knowing the law of thy God, and he who hath not known ye cause to know;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - and any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.'

The King's Kindness

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:27 - Blessed is Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that is in Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:28 - and unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God is upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.
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Ezra Chapter 7 — Additional Translations:

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