These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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King James Version (1769 Pure Cambridge Edition) and JPS Tanakh (1917).
Both texts are in the public domain. Some original names have been restored
Ezra 7
Tanakh 28 verses
- 1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes of Persia, the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
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the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
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- 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,
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the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of the chief —
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1 Chronicles 6:50-52 Hebrews 5:4 Psalm 106:30-31 Leviticus 10:6 2 Chronicles 19:11 2 Chronicles 26:20 Numbers 20:25-28 Numbers 27:2 Numbers 3:32 Joshua 14:1 Numbers 31:54 Numbers 31:31 1 Chronicles 6:4 Joshua 24:33 Leviticus 10:16 Numbers 31:6 1 Chronicles 24:1-6 Joshua 22:13 Leviticus 10:12 Exodus 6:25 Numbers 25:7-13 Judges 20:28 Joshua 22:31 -
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this went up from ; and he was a ready scribe in the Law of , which , the of , had given; and the granted him all his request, according to the hand of his upon him.
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Ezra 7:28 Ezra 8:22 Ezra 7:9 Nehemiah 2:8 Ezra 8:18 Nehemiah 2:18 Ezra 8:31 Nehemiah 12:36 Ezra 7:21 Ezra 7:11-12 Isaiah 50:2 Deuteronomy 28:1 Nehemiah 8:4 Deuteronomy 4:5 Nehemiah 4:15 Nehemiah 1:10-11 Matthew 13:52 Nehemiah 12:26 Isaiah 59:1 Proverbs 3:6 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 Nehemiah 8:13 1 Corinthians 1:20 Psalm 45:1 Jeremiah 8:8 Ezra 6:22 Ezra 5:5 Nehemiah 8:9 Matthew 28:20 1 Corinthians 15:1 Nehemiah 2:12 Genesis 32:28 - 7 And there went up some of the children of , and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto , in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the .
- 8 And he came to in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the .
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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from , and on the first day of the fifth month came he to , according to the good hand of his upon him.
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For had set his to seek the of , and to do it, and to teach in statutes and ordinances.
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Ezra 7:25 Deuteronomy 33:10 John 13:17 Matthew 7:24 Psalm 10:17 Psalm 1:2 2 Chronicles 12:14 Psalm 19:7 Malachi 2:7 Psalm 119:96-100 2 Chronicles 30:22 2 Timothy 4:2 1 Chronicles 29:18 2 Chronicles 19:3 Matthew 5:19 Acts 1:1 Nehemiah 8:1-9 1 Samuel 7:3 Psalm 57:7 2 Chronicles 17:8-9 Psalm 119:45 Job 11:13 Titus 2:1 Titus 2:15 Deuteronomy 16:12 Ezra 7:6 1 Timothy 3:2 Revelation 22:14 -
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Now this is the copy of the letter that the Artaxerxes gave unto the , the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of , and of His statutes to :
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- 12 Artaxerxes, of kings, unto the , the scribe of the Law of the of , and so forth. And now
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I make a decree, that all they of the people of , and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go with thee to , go.
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- 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning and , according to the of thy which is in thy hand;
- 15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the and his counsellors have freely offered unto the of , whose habitation is in ,
- 16 and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of , with the freewill- of the people, and of the priests, willingly for the house of their which is in ;
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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 of the house of your which is in .
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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 .
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And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy , deliver thou before the of .
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy , which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure-house.
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the , do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever the , the scribe of the Law of the of , shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,
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unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
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Whatsoever is commanded by the of , let it be done exactly for the house of the of ; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the and his sons?
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Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of , it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them.
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And thou, , after the wisdom of thy that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as the laws of thy ; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.
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Deuteronomy 16:18 Ezra 7:10 Malachi 2:7 1 Chronicles 22:12 Nehemiah 9:3 Ezra 6:6 Exodus 18:21-25 James 1:5 Nehemiah 8:7-8 Psalm 119:98-100 James 3:17-18 Proverbs 6:23 Mark 6:34 Psalm 19:7 2 Chronicles 17:7-9 2 Chronicles 19:8-10 Nehemiah 13:1-3 Matthew 13:52 Nehemiah 8:1-3 Proverbs 2:6 Matthew 23:2-3 1 Chronicles 23:4 1 Kings 3:28 Romans 10:14-17 Ezra 7:14 -
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And whosoever will not do the of thy , and the of the , 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.’
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- 27 Blessed be , the of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king’s , to beautify the house of which is in ;
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and hath extended unto me before the , and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of my upon me, and I gathered together out of chief men to go up with me.
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