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Chapter 7
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;
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.
7
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.
8
And
he
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
which
was
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
9
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.
10
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.
11
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.
12
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.
13
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.
14
Forasmuch
as
thou
art
sent
of
the
king,
and
of
his
seven
counsellers,
to
inquire
concerning
Judah
and
Jerusalem,
according
to
the
law
of
thy
God
which
is
in
thine
hand;
15
And
to
carry
the
silver
and
gold,
which
the
king
and
his
counsellers
have
freely
offered
unto
the
God
of
Israel,
whose
habitation
is
in
Jerusalem,
16
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:
17
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.
18
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.
19
The
vessels
also
that
are
given
thee
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
thy
God,
those
deliver
thou
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem.
20
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.
21
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,
22
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.
23
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?
24
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.
25
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.
26
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.
27
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:
28
And
hath
extended
mercy
unto
me
before
the
king,
and
his
counsellers,
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.
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