7:1 Now
after
this,
in
the
reign
of
Artaxerxes
king
of
Persia,
Ezra
the
son
of
Seraiah,
son
of
Azariah,
son
of
Hilkiah,
7:2 son
of
Shallum,
son
of
Zadok,
son
of
Ahitub,
7:3 son
of
Amariah,
son
of
Azariah,
son
of
Meraioth,
7:4 son
of
Zerahiah,
son
of
Uzzi,
son
of
Bukki,
7:5 son
of
Abishua,
son
of
Phinehas,
son
of
Eleazar,
son
of
Aaron
the
chief
priest--
7:6 this
Ezra
went
up
from
Babylonia.
He
was
a
scribe
skilled
in
the
Law
of
Moses
that
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel,
had
given,
and
the
king
granted
him
all
that
he
asked,
for
the
hand
of
the
LORD
his
God
was
on
him.
7:7 And
there
went
up
also
to
Jerusalem,
in
the
seventh
year
of
Artaxerxes
the
king,
some
of
the
people
of
Israel,
and
some
of
the
priests
and
Levites,
the
singers
and
gatekeepers,
and
the
temple
servants.
7:8 And
Ezra
came
to
Jerusalem
in
the
fifth
month,
which
was
in
the
seventh
year
of
the
king.
7:9 For
on
the
first
day
of
the
first
month
he
began
to
go
up
from
Babylonia,
and
on
the
first
day
of
the
fifth
month
he
came
to
Jerusalem,
for
the
good
hand
of
his
God
was
on
him.
7:10 For
Ezra
had
set
his
heart
to
study
the
Law
of
the
LORD,
and
to
do
it
and
to
teach
his
statutes
and
rules
in
Israel.
7:11 This
is
a
copy
of
the
letter
that
King
Artaxerxes
gave
to
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe,
a
man
learned
in
matters
of
the
commandments
of
the
LORD
and
his
statutes
for
Israel:
7:12 "Artaxerxes,
king
of
kings,
to
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
Law
of
the
God
of
heaven.
Peace.
And
now
7:13 I
make
a
decree
that
anyone
of
the
people
of
Israel
or
their
priests
or
Levites
in
my
kingdom,
who
freely
offers
to
go
to
Jerusalem,
may
go
with
you.
7:14 For
you
are
sent
by
the
king
and
his
seven
counselors
to
make
inquiries
about
Judah
and
Jerusalem
according
to
the
Law
of
your
God,
which
is
in
your
hand,
7:15 and
also
to
carry
the
silver
and
gold
that
the
king
and
his
counselors
have
freely
offered
to
the
God
of
Israel,
whose
dwelling
is
in
Jerusalem,
7:16 with
all
the
silver
and
gold
that
you
shall
find
in
the
whole
province
of
Babylonia,
and
with
the
freewill
offerings
of
the
people
and
the
priests,
vowed
willingly
for
the
house
of
their
God
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
7:17 With
this
money,
then,
you
shall
with
all
diligence
buy
bulls,
rams,
and
lambs,
with
their
grain
offerings
and
their
drink
offerings,
and
you
shall
offer
them
on
the
altar
of
the
house
of
your
God
that
is
in
Jerusalem.
7:18 Whatever
seems
good
to
you
and
your
brothers
to
do
with
the
rest
of
the
silver
and
gold,
you
may
do,
according
to
the
will
of
your
God.
7:19 The
vessels
that
have
been
given
you
for
the
service
of
the
house
of
your
God,
you
shall
deliver
before
the
God
of
Jerusalem.
7:20 And
whatever
else
is
required
for
the
house
of
your
God,
which
it
falls
to
you
to
provide,
you
may
provide
it
out
of
the
king's
treasury.
7:21 "And
I,
Artaxerxes
the
king,
make
a
decree
to
all
the
treasurers
in
the
province
Beyond
the
River:
Whatever
Ezra
the
priest,
the
scribe
of
the
Law
of
the
God
of
heaven,
requires
of
you,
let
it
be
done
with
all
diligence,
7:22 up
to
100
talents
of
silver,
100
cors
of
wheat,
100
baths
of
wine,
100
baths
of
oil,
and
salt
without
prescribing
how
much.
7:23 Whatever
is
decreed
by
the
God
of
heaven,
let
it
be
done
in
full
for
the
house
of
the
God
of
heaven,
lest
his
wrath
be
against
the
realm
of
the
king
and
his
sons.
7:24 We
also
notify
you
that
it
shall
not
be
lawful
to
impose
tribute,
custom,
or
toll
on
anyone
of
the
priests,
the
Levites,
the
singers,
the
doorkeepers,
the
temple
servants,
or
other
servants
of
this
house
of
God.
7:25 "And
you,
Ezra,
according
to
the
wisdom
of
your
God
that
is
in
your
hand,
appoint
magistrates
and
judges
who
may
judge
all
the
people
in
the
province
Beyond
the
River,
all
such
as
know
the
laws
of
your
God.
And
those
who
do
not
know
them,
you
shall
teach.
7:26 Whoever
will
not
obey
the
law
of
your
God
and
the
law
of
the
king,
let
judgment
be
strictly
executed
on
him,
whether
for
death
or
for
banishment
or
for
confiscation
of
his
goods
or
for
imprisonment."
7:27 Blessed
be
the
LORD,
the
God
of
our
fathers,
who
put
such
a
thing
as
this
into
the
heart
of
the
king,
to
beautify
the
house
of
the
LORD
that
is
in
Jerusalem,
7:28 and
who
extended
to
me
his
steadfast
love
before
the
king
and
his
counselors,
and
before
all
the
king's
mighty
officers.
I
took
courage,
for
the
hand
of
the
LORD
my
God
was
on
me,
and
I
gathered
leading
men
from
Israel
to
go
up
with
me.