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and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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 Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.</p> <p class="hdg">Artaxerxes' Letter to Ezra</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>and all the silver and gold that thou shalt 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>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 with all diligence, <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Whatsoever 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Also we certify 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, upon them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand, appoint 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 him that knoweth them not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.</p> <p class="hdg">Ezra Praises God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Blessed be the LORD, the 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; <span class="reftext"><a href="/ezra/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>and hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../ezra/6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezra 6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezra 6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../ezra/8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezra 8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezra 8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="/scan/ezra/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>