Ezra 7 ~ 8

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7:1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, Compare
7:2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, Compare
7:3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Compare
7:4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Compare
7:5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest; Compare
7:6This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Jehovah the God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all his request according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him. Compare
7:7Some of the children of Israel and some of the priests, and the Levites and the singers and the gatekeepers and the temple servants also went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. Compare
7:8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king; Compare
7:9For 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 upon him. Compare
7:10For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Compare
7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah and of His statutes for Israel: Compare
7:12Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now Compare
7:13I make a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who offer themselves willingly to go to Jerusalem may go with you. Compare
7:14Inasmuch as you have been 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, Compare
7:15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have offered willingly to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, Compare
7:16As well as all the silver and gold that you shall find in the whole province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people and the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God, which is in Jerusalem; Compare
7:17With this money therefore you shall with all diligence buy bulls, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings; and you shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem. Compare
7:18And whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, you may do according to the will of your God. Compare
7:19And the vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem. Compare
7:20And the rest of the needs for the house of your God, which you have occasion to provide, you may provide for it out of the king's treasure house. Compare
7:21And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are in the province 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, Compare
7:22Up to one hundred talents of silver and up to one hundred cors of wheat and up to one hundred baths of wine and up to one hundred baths of oil and salt without prescribing how much. Compare
7:23Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven. For why should wrath come upon the kingdom of the king and his sons? Compare
7:24We also inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, taxes, or tolls upon any of the priests and Levites, the singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or servants of this house of God. Compare
7:25And 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 in the province beyond the River, all those who know the laws of your God; and teach anyone who does not know them. Compare
7:26And everyone who will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether to death or to banishment or to confiscation of goods or to imprisonment. Compare
7:27Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this into the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah, which is in Jerusalem, Compare
7:28And has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the mighty officers of the king. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel leading men to go up with me. Compare
8:1Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of Artaxerxes the king: Compare
8:2Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush. Compare
8:3Of the sons of Shecaniah, of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah; and with him one hundred fifty males were enrolled by genealogy. Compare
8:4Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah; and with him two hundred males. Compare
8:5Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel; and with him three hundred males. Compare
8:6And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males. Compare
8:7And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah; and with him seventy males. Compare
8:8And of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael; and with him eighty males. Compare
8:9Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males. Compare
8:10And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah; and with him one hundred sixty males. Compare
8:11And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai; and with him twenty-eight males. Compare
8:12And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan; and with him one hundred ten males. Compare
8:13And of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones; and these are their names: Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males. Compare
8:14And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud; and with them seventy males. Compare
8:15And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava, and we camped there three days. When I observed the people and the priests, I found none of the sons of Levi there. Compare
8:16Then I sent for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, leading men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, who were teachers. Compare
8:17And I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God. Compare
8:18And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; namely, Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen men; Compare
8:19And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty; Compare
8:20And of the temple servants, whom David and the leaders had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred twenty temple servants-all of them were mentioned by name. Compare
8:21Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight way for ourselves and for our little ones and for all our possessions. Compare
8:22For I was ashamed to ask for troops and horsemen from the king to help us against the enemy in the way because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is for good upon all those who seek Him, but His power and His wrath is against all those who forsake Him. Compare
8:23So we fasted and sought our God for this, and He was entreated by us. Compare
8:24Then I set apart twelve of the leading men of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them, Compare
8:25And weighed out to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counselors and his princes, and all Israel there present had offered. Compare
8:26I weighed out into their hand six hundred fifty talents of silver and one hundred silver vessels of one hundred talents, one hundred talents of gold Compare
8:27And twenty bowls of gold of one thousand darics, and two vessels of fine polished bronze as precious as gold. Compare
8:28And I said to them, You are holy to Jehovah, and the vessels are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to Jehovah, the God of your fathers. Compare
8:29Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leaders of the priests and the Levites and the leaders of the fathers' houses of Israel at Jerusalem in the chambers of the house of Jehovah. Compare
8:30So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver and the gold and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. Compare
8:31Then we set out from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from people set in ambush on the way. Compare
8:32And we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days. Compare
8:33And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the vessels were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui. Compare
8:34Everything was numbered and weighed, and all its weight was recorded at that time. Compare
8:35The children of those who had been carried away, who came out of captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, twelve male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to Jehovah. Compare
8:36And they delivered the king's decrees to the king's satraps and to the governors beyond the River, and these supported the people and the house of God. Compare

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