1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Neh 2:11 Chr 6:4-142 Kgs 22:4Ezra 6:14Ezra 7:12Ezra 7:211 Chr 9:112 Chr 34:152 Chr 34:92 Kgs 22:8
2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 2:352 Sam 8:17
3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Many Bible Versions Ask AI
4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Many Bible Versions Ask AI
5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 24:1-61 Chr 6:41 Chr 6:50-522 Chr 19:112 Chr 26:20Exod 6:25Heb 5:4Josh 14:1Josh 22:13Josh 22:31
6This 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 8:22Ezra 7:28Ezra 8:31Neh 2:18Ezra 7:21Matt 28:20Neh 2:8Ezra 7:11-12Ezra 7:9Ezra 8:18
7And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 8:1-201 Chr 25:1-81 Chr 6:31-481 Chr 9:17-27Ezra 2:40-70Ezra 6:14Ezra 7:11-12Ezra 7:24Neh 10:28Neh 2:1
8And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
9For 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 7:6Neh 2:8Neh 2:18
10For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Tim 4:2Mal 2:7Matt 7:24John 13:17Ps 1:2Ezra 7:25Ps 19:7Deut 33:101 Chr 29:18Ezra 7:6
11Now 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 4:11Ezra 5:6Ezra 7:6Mark 7:1-13Matt 23:13Matt 23:2
12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 2:37Ezek 26:7Ezra 4:171 Kgs 20:11 Kgs 4:241 Tim 6:15Dan 2:47Ezra 4:10-11Isa 10:8Rev 17:14
13I 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 6:12 Chr 30:5Esth 3:15Esth 9:14Ezra 1:3Ezra 5:13Phil 2:13Ps 110:3Ps 148:6Rev 22:17
14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Esth 1:14Dan 2:47Dan 6:20Dan 6:26Deut 17:18-19Ezra 1:3Ezra 5:8Ezra 6:12Ezra 7:15Ezra 7:25-26
15And 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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 6:2Ps 135:21Ezra 6:121 Chr 29:62 Chr 2:62 Chr 6:6Ezra 6:4Ezra 6:8-10Isa 60:6-9Ps 26:8
16And 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 29:61 Chr 29:9Ezra 1:4Ezra 1:61 Chr 29:172 Cor 8:122 Cor 9:7Ezra 8:25-28
17That 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 12:5-11Ezra 6:9-10Num 15:4-13Deut 14:24-26John 2:14Matt 21:12-13
18And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 12:152 Kgs 22:7Eph 5:17Ezra 7:26
19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Chr 32:19Ezra 8:27-30Ezra 8:33-34Jer 3:17
20And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 6:4Ezra 6:8-18
21And 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, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 4:16Ezra 7:6Ezra 4:20Ezra 6:6Ezra 7:10-13
22Unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 45:14Lev 2:13Luke 16:6-7
23Whatsoever 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? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ps 119:4Ezra 6:10-12Ezra 7:13Ezra 7:18Zech 12:3
24Also 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 4:13Ezra 7:7Ezra 2:36-55Ezra 4:20
25And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 16:18Ezra 7:10Jas 1:5Jas 3:17-18Mal 2:7Ps 19:71 Chr 22:121 Chr 23:41 Kgs 3:282 Chr 17:7-9
26And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 6:11Deut 13:1-18Lev 20:1-27Exod 21:1-22Dan 6:262 Chr 30:12Dan 3:28-29Ps 52:5
27Blessed 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: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezra 6:22Rev 17:17Isa 60:132 Cor 8:16Heb 10:16Jas 1:17Neh 2:12Neh 2:81 Chr 29:10-30Heb 8:10
28And 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Tim 4:17-18Ezra 5:5Ezra 8:18Ezra 9:9Gen 32:28Neh 2:8Ezra 7:9Gen 43:14Ezra 7:6Jonah 3:7