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World English Bible Classic
[1] Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, [2] the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, [3] the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, [4] the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, [5] the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest— [6] this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him. [7] Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. [8] He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. [9] For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him. [10] For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. [11] Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel: [12] Artaxerxes, king of kings, [13] I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you. [14] Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand, [15] and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, [16] and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem. [17] Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. [18] Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God. [19] The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. [20] Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house. [21] I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence, [22] up to one hundred talentsⓘ of silver, and to one hundred corsⓘ of wheat, and to one hundred bathsⓘ of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. [23] Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? [24] Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God. [25] You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them. [26] Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. [27] Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem; [28] and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to Yahweh my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.

Footnotes

  1. A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces
  2. 1 cor is the same as a homer, or about 55.9 U. S. gallons (liquid) or 211 liters or 6 bushels.
  3. 1 bath is one tenth of a cor, or about 5.6 U. S. gallons or 21 liters or 2.4 pecks. 100 baths would be about 2,100 liters.
King James Version
[1] Now afterH310 these things,H1697 in the reignH4438 of ArtaxerxesH783 kingH4428 of Persia,H6539 EzraH5830 the sonH1121 of Seraiah,H8304 the sonH1121 of Azariah,H5838 the sonH1121 of Hilkiah,H2518 [2] The sonH1121 of Shallum,H7967 the sonH1121 of Zadok,H6659 the sonH1121 of Ahitub,H285 [3] The sonH1121 of Amariah,H568 the sonH1121 of Azariah,H5838 the sonH1121 of Meraioth,H4812 [4] The sonH1121 of Zerahiah,H2228 the sonH1121 of Uzzi,H5813 the sonH1121 of Bukki,H1231 [5] The sonH1121 of Abishua,H50 the sonH1121 of Phinehas,H6372 the sonH1121 of Eleazar,H499 the sonH1121 of AaronH175 the chiefH7218 priest:H3548 [6] This EzraH5830 went upH5927(QalPerf) from Babylon;H894 and he [was] a readyH4106 scribeH5608(QalActPtc) in the lawH8451 of Moses,H4872 which the LordH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478 had given:H5414(QalPerf) and the kingH4428 grantedH5414(QalImpf) him all his request,H1246 according to the handH3027 of the LordH3068 his GodH430 upon him. [7] And there went upH5927(QalImpf) [some] of the childrenH1121 of Israel,H3478 and of the priests,H3548 and the Levites,H3881 and the singers,H7891(PolePtc) and the porters,H7778 and the Nethinims,H5411 unto Jerusalem,H3389 in the seventhH7651 yearH8141 of ArtaxerxesH783 the king.H4428 [8] And he cameH935(QalImpf) to JerusalemH3389 in the fifthH2549 month,H2320 which [was] in the seventhH7637 yearH8141 of the king.H4428 [9] For upon the firstH259 [day] of the firstH7223 monthH2320 beganH3246 he to go upH4609 from Babylon,H894 and on the firstH259 [day] of the fifthH2549 monthH2320 cameH935(QalPerf) he to Jerusalem,H3389 according to the goodH2896 handH3027 of his GodH430 upon him. [10] For EzraH5830 had preparedH3559(HiphPerf) his heartH3824 to seekH1875(QalInf) the lawH8451 of the Lord,H3068 and to doH6213(QalInf) [it], and to teachH3925(PielInf) in IsraelH3478 statutesH2706 and judgments.H4941 [11] Now this [is] the copyH6572 of the letterH5406 that the kingH4428 ArtaxerxesH783 gaveH5414(QalPerf) unto EzraH5830 the priest,H3548 the scribe,H5608(QalActPtc) [even] a scribeH5608(QalActPtc) of the wordsH1697 of the commandmentsH4687 of the Lord,H3068 and of his statutesH2706 to Israel.H3478 [12] Artaxerxes,H783 kingH4430 of kings,H4430 unto EzraH5831 the priest,H3549 a scribeH5613 of the lawH1882 of the GodH426 of heaven,H8065 perfectH1585(PealPasPtc) [peace], and at such a time.H3706 [13] IH4481 makeH7761(PealPasPtc) a decree,H2942 that allH3606 they ofH4481 the peopleH5972 of Israel,H3479 and [of] his priestsH3549 and Levites,H3879 in my realm,H4437 which are minded of their own freewillH5069(ItpaPtc) to go upH1946(PealInf) to Jerusalem,H3390 goH1946(PealImpf) with thee.H5974 [14] ForasmuchH1768 asH3606 thou art sentH7972(PealPtc) ofH4481 the king,H4430 and of his sevenH7655 counsellors,H3272(PealPtc) to enquireH1240(PaelInf) concerningH5922 JudahH3061 and Jerusalem,H3390 according to the lawH1882 of thy GodH426 which [is] in thine hand;H3028 [15] And to carryH2987(AphInf) the silverH3702 and gold,H1722 which the kingH4430 and his counsellorsH3272(PealPtc) have freely offeredH5069(ItpaPerf) unto the GodH426 of Israel,H3479 whoseH1768 habitationH4907 [is] in Jerusalem,H3390 [16] And allH3606 the silverH3702 and goldH1722 that thou canst findH7912(AphImpf) in allH3606 the provinceH4083 of Babylon,H895 withH5974 the freewill offeringH5069(ItpaInf) of the people,H5972 and of the priests,H3549 offering willinglyH5069(ItpaPtc) for the houseH1005 of their GodH426 which [is] in Jerusalem:H3390 [17] ThatH3606 thou mayest buyH7066(PealImpf) speedilyH629 with thisH1836 moneyH3702 bullocks,H8450 rams,H1798 lambs,H563 with their meat offeringsH4504 and their drink offerings,H5261 and offerH7127(PaelImpf) themH1994 uponH5922 the altarH4056 of the houseH1005 of your GodH426 which [is] in Jerusalem.H3390 [18] And whatsoeverH4101 shall seem goodH3191(PealImpf) to thee, and toH5922 thy brethren,H252 to doH5648(PealInf) with the restH7606 of the silverH3702 and the gold,H1722 that doH5648(PealImpf) after the willH7470 of your God.H426 [19] The vesselsH3984 also that are givenH3052(ItpePtc) thee for the serviceH6402 of the houseH1005 of thy God,H426 [those] deliverH8000(AphImpv) thou beforeH6925 the GodH426 of Jerusalem.H3390 [20] And whatsoever moreH7606 shall be needfulH2819 for the houseH1005 of thy God,H426 which thou shalt have occasionH5308(PealImpf) to bestow,H5415(PealInf) bestowH5415(PealImpf) [it] out ofH4481 the king’sH4430 treasureH1596 house.H1005 [21] And I,H4481 [even] IH576 ArtaxerxesH783 the king,H4430 do makeH7761(PealPasPtc) a decreeH2942 to allH3606 the treasurersH1490 which [are] beyondH5675 the river,H5103 that whatsoever EzraH5831 the priest,H3549 the scribeH5613 of the lawH1882 of the GodH426 of heaven,H8065 shall requireH7593(PealImpf) of you, it be doneH5648(ItpeImpf) speedily,H629 [22] UntoH5705 an hundredH3969 talentsH3604 of silver,H3702 and to an hundredH3969 measuresH3734 of wheat,H2591 and to an hundredH3969 bathsH1325 of wine,H2562 and to an hundredH3969 bathsH1325 of oil,H4887 and saltH4416 withoutH3809 prescribingH3792 [how much]. [23] WhatsoeverH3606 is commanded byH2941 the GodH426 of heaven,H8065 let it be diligentlyH149 doneH5648(ItpeImpf) for the houseH1005 of the GodH426 of heaven:H8065 forH1768 whyH4101 should there beH1934(PealImpf) wrathH7109 againstH5922 the realmH4437 of the kingH4430 and his sons?H1123 [24] Also we certifyH3046(AphPtc) you, that touching anyH3606 of the priestsH3549 and Levites,H3879 singers,H2171 porters,H8652 Nethinims,H5412 or ministersH6399(PealPtc) of thisH1836 houseH1005 of God,H426 it shall notH3809 be lawfulH7990 to imposeH7412(PealInf) toll,H4061 tribute,H1093 or custom,H1983 uponH5922 them. [25] And thou,H607 Ezra,H5831 after the wisdomH2452 of thy God,H426 that [is] in thine hand,H3028 setH4483(PaelImpv) magistratesH8200(PealActPtc) and judges,H1782 which may judgeH1934(PealImpf) allH3606 the peopleH5972 that [are] beyondH5675 the river,H5103 allH3606 such as knowH3046(PealActPtc) the lawsH1882 of thy God;H426 and teachH3046(AphImpf) ye them that knowH3046(PealActPtc) [them] not.H3809 [26] And whosoeverH3606 will notH3809 doH1934(PealImpf) the lawH1882 of thy God,H426 and the lawH1882 of the king,H4430 let judgmentH1780 beH1934(PealImpf) executedH5648(ItpePtc) speedilyH629 upon him,H4481 whetherH2006 [it be] unto death,H4193 orH2006 to banishment,H8332 orH2006 to confiscationH6065 of goods,H5232 or to imprisonment.H613 [27] BlessedH1288(QalPasPtc) [be] the LordH3068 GodH430 of our fathers,H1 which hath putH5414(QalPerf) [such a thing] as this in the king’sH4428 heart,H3820 to beautifyH6286(PielInf) the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 which [is] in Jerusalem:H3389 [28] And hath extendedH5186(HiphPerf) mercyH2617 unto me beforeH6440 the king,H4428 and his counsellors,H3289(QalActPtc) and before all the king’sH4428 mightyH1368 princes.H8269 And I was strengthenedH2388(HithPerf) as the handH3027 of the LordH3068 my GodH430 [was] upon me, and I gathered togetherH6908(QalImpf) out of IsraelH3478 chief menH7218 to go upH5927(QalInf) with me.
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