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1
Now after
these
things,
in the reign
of Artaxerxes
king
of Persia,
there went up Ezra
son
of Seraiah,
son
of Azariah,
son
of Hilkiah,
2
son
of Shallum,
son
of Zadok,
son
of Ahitub,
3
son
of Amariah,
son
of Azariah,
son
of Meraioth,
4
son
of Zerahiah,
son
of Uzzi,
son
of Bukki,
5
son
of Abishua,
son
of Phinehas,
son
of Eleazar,
son
of Aaron
the chief
priest.
6
This
Ezra
went
up from Babylon,
and he was a scribe
skilled
in the law
of Moses,
which
the LORD
God
of Israel
had given;
and the king
granted
him all
he requested
because the hand
of
the LORD
his
God
was upon him.
7
Some
of the sons
of Israel
and some
of the priests,
the Levites,
the singers,
the gatekeepers
and the temple servants
went
up to Jerusalem
in the seventh
year
of King
Artaxerxes.
8
He came
to Jerusalem
in the fifth
month,
which
was in the seventh
year
of the king.
9
For on the first
of the first
month
he began
to go
up from Babylon;
and on the first
of the fifth
month
he came
to Jerusalem,
because the good
hand
of his God
was upon him.
10
For Ezra
had set
his heart
to study
the law
of the LORD
and to practice
it, and to teach
His statutes
and ordinances
in Israel.
11
Now this
is the copy
of the decree
which
King
Artaxerxes
gave
to Ezra
the priest,
the scribe, learned
in the words
of the commandments
of the LORD
and His statutes
to Israel:
12
"Artaxerxes,
king
of
king
s,
to Ezra
the priest,
the scribe
of the law
of the God
of heaven,
perfect
peace. And now
13
I have issued
a decree
that any
of the people
of Israel
and their priests
and the Levites
in my kingdom
who
are willing
to go
to Jerusalem,
may go
with you.
14
"Forasmuch
as 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 bring
the silver
and gold,
which
the king
and his counselors
have freely offered
to the God
of Israel,
whose
dwelling
is in Jerusalem,
16
with all
the silver
and gold
which
you find
in the whole
province
of Babylon,
along
with the freewill
offering
of the people
and of the priests,
who offered willingly
for the house
of their God
which
is in Jerusalem;
17
with this
money,
therefore,
you shall diligently
buy
bulls,
rams
and lambs,
with their grain offerings
and their drink offerings
and 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 gold,
you may do
according to the will
of your God.
19
"Also the utensils
which
are given
to you for the service
of the house
of your God,
deliver in full
before
the God
of Jerusalem.
20
"The rest
of the needs
for the house
of your God,
for which
you may have occasion
to
provide
,
provide
for it from the royal
treasury.
21
"I, even I, King
Artaxerxes,
issue
a decree
to all
the treasurers
who
are in the provinces beyond
the River,
that whatever
Ezra
the priest,
the scribe
of the law
of the God
of heaven,
may require
of you, it shall be done
diligently,
22
even up to
100
talents
of silver,
100
kors
of wheat,
100
baths
of wine,
100
baths
of oil,
and salt
as needed.
23
"Whatever
is commanded
by the God
of heaven,
let it be done
with zeal
for the house
of the God
of heaven,
so
that there will not be wrath
against
the kingdom
of the king
and his
so
ns.
24
"We also inform
you that it is not allowed
to impose
tax, tribute
or toll
on any
of the priests,
Levites,
singers,
doorkeepers,
Nethinim
or servants
of this
house
of God.
25
"You, Ezra,
according to the wisdom
of your God
which
is in your hand,
appoint
magistrates
and judges
that they may judge
all
the people
who
are in the province beyond
the River,
even
all
those
who
know
the laws
of your God
;
and you may teach
anyone
who
is ignorant
of them.
26
"Whoever
will not observe
the law
of your God
and
the law
of the king,
let judgment
be executed
upon him strictly,
whether
f
or
death
or
f
or
banishment
or
f
or
confiscation
of goods
or
f
or
imprisonment."
27
Blessed
be the LORD,
the God
of our fathers,
who
has put
such a thing as this
in the king's
heart,
to adorn
the house
of the LORD
which
is in Jerusalem,
28
and has extended
lovingkindness
to me before
the king
and his counselors
and before all
the king
's
mighty
princes.
Thus I was strengthened
according to the hand
of the LORD
my God
upon me, and I gathered
leading men
from Israel
to go
up with me.
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