Ezra 7

Verse 1

WEB 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,

KJV 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,

TSK A. M. 3547. B.C. 457. Artaxerxes: ezr 7:12,21, ezr 6:14, ne 2:1; Ezra: ezr 7:10, ezr 8:1-10, ne 8:2-9; Seraiah: 2ki 25:18, 1ch 6:4-14, 1ch 9:11, ne 11:11, jer 52:24-27; Hilkiah: 2ki 22:4,8, 2ch 34:9,15

Verse 2

WEB the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

KJV The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

TSK Zadok: 2sa 8:17, 1ki 2:35

Verse 3

WEB the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

KJV The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

TSK No cross references.

Verse 4

WEB the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

KJV The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

TSK No cross references.

Verse 5

WEB the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;

KJV The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:

TSK Phinehas: ex 6:25, nu 25:7-13, nu 31:6, jos 22:13,31, jud 20:28, 1ch 6:4,50-52, ps 106:30,31; Eleazar: le 10:6,12,16, nu 3:32, nu 20:25-28, nu 27:2, nu 31:31,54, jos 14:1, jos 24:33, 1ch 24:1-6; chief priest: 2ch 19:11, 2ch 26:20, heb 5:4

Verse 6

WEB this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.

KJV This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

TSK a ready: ezr 7:11,12,21, ps 45:1, mt 13:52; scribe: ne 8:4,9,13, ne 12:26,36, jer 8:8, 1co 1:20; the law: de 4:5, de 28:1, mt 28:20, 1co 15:1, 1th 4:1,2; according to: ezr 7:9,28, ezr 6:22, ezr 8:18,22,31, ge 32:28, ne 1:10,11, ne 2:8,12,18, ne 4:15, pr 3:6, isa 50:2, isa 59:1

Verse 7

WEB There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

KJV And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

TSK the children: ezr 8:1-14; the Levites: ezr 2:40,41, ezr 8:15-20; singers: 1ch 6:31-48, 1ch 25:1-8; porters: ezr 2:42, 1ch 9:17-27, ne 7:45; Nethinims: ezr 7:24, ezr 2:43-70, ezr 8:20, ne 7:46-73, ne 10:28; Artaxerxes: ezr 7:11,12, ezr 6:14, ezr 8:1, ne 2:1

Verse 8

WEB He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

KJV And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 9

WEB For on the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.

KJV For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

TSK according to: ezr 7:6, ne 2:8,18

Verse 10

WEB For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

KJV For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

TSK prepared: 1sa 7:3, 1ch 29:18, 2ch 12:14, 2ch 19:3, job 11:13, ps 10:17, ps 57:7; the law: ezr 7:6, ps 1:2, ps 19:7, ps 119:45,96-100; to do it: de 16:12, mt 5:19, mt 7:24, joh 13:17, re 22:14; and to teach: ezr 7:25, de 33:10, 2ch 17:8,9, 2ch 30:22, ne 8:1-9, mal 2:7, ac 1:1, 1ti 3:2, 2ti 4:2, tit 2:1,15

Verse 11

WEB Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

KJV Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

TSK the copy: ezr 4:11, ezr 5:6; a scribe: ezr 7:6, mt 23:2,13, mr 7:1-13

Verse 12

WEB Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

KJV Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

TSK Artaxerxes: 1ki 4:24, 1ki 20:1, isa 10:8, eze 26:7, da 2:37,47, 1ti 6:15, re 17:14, re 19:16; and at such a time: ezr 4:10,11,17

Verse 13

WEB I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

KJV I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

TSK I make: ezr 5:13, ezr 6:1, 2ch 30:5, es 3:15, es 9:14, ps 148:6; minded: ezr 1:3, ps 110:3, php 2:13, re 22:17

Verse 14

WEB Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

KJV Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

TSK of the king: es 1:14; according: ezr 7:25,26, de 17:18,19, isa 8:20; thy God: ezr 1:3, ezr 5:8, ezr 6:12, da 2:47, da 6:20,26

Verse 15

WEB 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,

KJV And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

TSK the silver: ezr 6:4,8-10, ps 68:29,30, ps 72:10, ps 76:11, isa 60:6-9, re 21:24-26; whose habitation: ezr 6:12, 2ch 2:6, 2ch 6:2,6, ps 9:11, ps 26:8, ps 76:2, ps 135:21

Verse 16

WEB and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;

KJV And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

TSK all the silver: ezr 8:25-28; offering: ezr 1:4,6, 1ch 29:6,9,17, 2co 8:12, 2co 9:7

Verse 17

WEB therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, 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.

KJV That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

TSK buy speedily: ezr 6:9,10, de 14:24-26, mt 21:12,13, joh 2:14; their meat offerings: nu 15:4-13; offer them: de 12:5-11

Verse 18

WEB Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your God.

KJV And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

TSK whatsoever: 2ki 12:15, 2ki 22:7; that do: ezr 7:26, eph 5:17

Verse 19

WEB The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

KJV The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

TSK The vessels: ezr 8:27-30,33,34; the God of Jerusalem: 2ch 32:19, jer 3:17

Verse 20

WEB Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

KJV And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

TSK bestow it: ezr 6:4,8-18

Verse 21

WEB I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do 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, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

KJV And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

TSK Artaxerxes: ezr 7:12,13; beyond the river: ezr 4:16,20, ezr 6:6; Ezra the priest: ezr 7:6,10,11

Verse 22

WEB to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

KJV Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

TSK measures: lu 16:7; baths of wine: eze 45:14, lu 16:6; salt: le 2:13

Verse 23

WEB 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?

KJV Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

TSK Whatsoever is commanded: ezr 7:13,18; let it be: ps 119:4; why should there be wrath: ezr 6:10-12, zec 12:3

Verse 24

WEB Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.

KJV Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

TSK touching any: ezr 7:7, ezr 2:36-55

Verse 25

WEB You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

KJV And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

TSK the wisdom: ezr 7:14, 1ki 3:28, 1ch 22:12, ps 19:7, ps 119:98-100, pr 2:6, pr 6:23, jas 1:5, jas 3:17,18; set magistrates: ex 18:21-25, de 16:18, 1ch 23:4, 2ch 19:8-10; beyond the river: ezr 6:6; teach ye: ezr 7:10, 2ch 17:7-9, ne 8:1-3,7,8, ne 9:3, ne 13:1-3, mal 2:7, mt 13:52, mt 23:2,3, mr 6:34, ro 10:14-17

Verse 26

WEB 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 be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

KJV And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

TSK whosoever: ezr 6:11, da 3:28,29, da 6:26; the law of thy God: 2ch 30:12; whether it be: ex 21:1-22, le 20:1-27, de 13:1-18; banishment: ps 52:5

Verse 27

WEB Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

KJV Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

TSK Blessed: ezr 6:22, 1ch 29:10-30, php 4:10; put such: ezr 6:22, ne 2:12, ne 7:5, 2co 8:16, heb 8:10, heb 10:16, jas 1:17, re 17:17; in the king's heart: ne 2:8, pr 21:1; to beautify: isa 60:13

Verse 28

WEB 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 the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

KJV And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

TSK extended: ezr 9:9, ge 32:28, ge 43:14, ne 1:11; his counsellors: ezr 7:14, jon 3:7; as the hand: ezr 7:6,9, ezr 5:5, ezr 8:18, ne 2:8, 2ti 4:17,18