Ezra Chapter 7 - King James Strong Number Version

1: Now after <H0310> these things, <H1697> in the reign <H4438> of Artaxerxes <H0783> king <H4428> of Persia, <H6539> Ezra <H5830> the son <H1121> of Seraiah, <H8304> the son <H1121> of Azariah, <H5838> the son <H1121> of Hilkiah, <H2518>
2: The son <H1121> of Shallum, <H7967> the son <H1121> of Zadok, <H6659> the son <H1121> of Ahitub, <H0285>
3: The son <H1121> of Amariah, <H0568> the son <H1121> of Azariah, <H5838> the son <H1121> of Meraioth, <H4812>
4: The son <H1121> of Zerahiah, <H2228> the son <H1121> of Uzzi, <H5813> the son <H1121> of Bukki, <H1231>
5: The son <H1121> of Abishua, <H0050> the son <H1121> of Phinehas, <H6372> the son <H1121> of Eleazar, <H0499> the son <H1121> of Aaron <H0175> the chief <H7218> priest: <H3548>
6: This Ezra <H5830> went up <H5927> from Babylon; <H0894> and he [was] a ready <H4106> scribe <H5608> in the law <H8451> of Moses, <H4872> which the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of Israel <H3478> had given: <H5414> and the king <H4428> granted <H5414> him all his request, <H1246> according to the hand <H3027> of the LORD <H3068> his God <H0430> upon him.
7: And there went up <H5927> [some] of the children <H1121> of Israel, <H3478> and of the priests, <H3548> and the Levites, <H3881> and the singers, <H7891> and the porters, <H7778> and the Nethinims, <H5411> unto Jerusalem, <H3389> in the seventh <H7651> year <H8141> of Artaxerxes <H0783> the king. <H4428>
8: And he came <H0935> to Jerusalem <H3389> in the fifth <H2549> month, <H2320> which [was] in the seventh <H7637> year <H8141> of the king. <H4428>
9: For upon the first <H0259> [day] of the first <H7223> month <H2320> began <H3246> he to go up <H4609> from Babylon, <H0894> and on the first <H0259> [day] of the fifth <H2549> month <H2320> came <H0935> he to Jerusalem, <H3389> according to the good <H2896> hand <H3027> of his God <H0430> upon him.
10: For Ezra <H5830> had prepared <H3559> his heart <H3824> to seek <H1875> the law <H8451> of the LORD, <H3068> and to do <H6213> [it], and to teach <H3925> in Israel <H3478> statutes <H2706> and judgments. <H4941>
11: Now this [is] the copy <H6572> of the letter <H5406> that the king <H4428> Artaxerxes <H0783> gave <H5414> unto Ezra <H5830> the priest, <H3548> the scribe, <H5608> [even] a scribe <H5608> of the words <H1697> of the commandments <H4687> of the LORD, <H3068> and of his statutes <H2706> to Israel. <H3478>
12: Artaxerxes, <H0783> king <H4430> of kings, <H4430> unto Ezra <H5831> the priest, <H3549> a scribe <H5613> of the law <H1882> of the God <H0426> of heaven, <H8065> perfect <H1585> [peace], and at such a time. <H3706>
13: I <H4481> make <H7761> a decree, <H2942> that all <H3606> they of <H4481> the people <H5972> of Israel, <H3479> and [of] his priests <H3549> and Levites, <H3879> in my realm, <H4437> which are minded of their own freewill <H5069> to go up <H1946> to Jerusalem, <H3390> go <H1946> with thee. <H5974>
14: Forasmuch as <H3606> <H6903> <H1768> thou art sent <H7972> of <H4481> <H6925> the king, <H4430> and of his seven <H7655> counsellors, <H3272> to enquire <H1240> concerning <H5922> Judah <H3061> and Jerusalem, <H3390> according to the law <H1882> of thy God <H0426> which [is] in thine hand; <H3028>
15: And to carry <H2987> the silver <H3702> and gold, <H1722> which the king <H4430> and his counsellors <H3272> have freely offered <H5069> unto the God <H0426> of Israel, <H3479> whose <H1768> habitation <H4907> [is] in Jerusalem, <H3390>
16: And all <H3606> the silver <H3702> and gold <H1722> that thou canst find <H7912> in all <H3606> the province <H4083> of Babylon, <H0895> with <H5974> the freewill offering <H5069> of the people, <H5972> and of the priests, <H3549> offering willingly <H5069> for the house <H1005> of their God <H0426> which [is] in Jerusalem: <H3390>
17: That <H3606> <H6903> <H1836> thou mayest buy <H7066> speedily <H0629> with this <H1836> money <H3702> bullocks, <H8450> rams, <H1798> lambs, <H0563> with their meat offerings <H4504> and their drink offerings, <H5261> and offer <H7127> them <H1994> upon <H5922> the altar <H4056> of the house <H1005> of your God <H0426> which [is] in Jerusalem. <H3390>
18: And whatsoever <H4101> <H1768> shall seem good <H3191> to <H5922> thee, and to <H5922> thy brethren, <H0252> to do <H5648> with the rest <H7606> of the silver <H3702> and the gold, <H1722> that do <H5648> after the will <H7470> of your God. <H0426>
19: The vessels <H3984> also that are given <H3052> thee for the service <H6402> of the house <H1005> of thy God, <H0426> [those] deliver <H8000> thou before <H6925> the God <H0426> of Jerusalem. <H3390>
20: And whatsoever more <H7606> shall be needful <H2819> for the house <H1005> of thy God, <H0426> which thou shalt have occasion <H5308> to bestow, <H5415> bestow <H5415> [it] out of <H4481> the king's <H4430> treasure <H1596> house. <H1005>
21: And I, <H4481> [even] I <H0576> Artaxerxes <H0783> the king, <H4430> do make <H7761> a decree <H2942> to all <H3606> the treasurers <H1490> which [are] beyond <H5675> the river, <H5103> that whatsoever <H3606> Ezra <H5831> the priest, <H3549> the scribe <H5613> of the law <H1882> of the God <H0426> of heaven, <H8065> shall require <H7593> of you, it be done <H5648> speedily, <H0629>
22: Unto <H5705> an hundred <H3969> talents <H3604> of silver, <H3702> and to <H5705> an hundred <H3969> measures <H3734> of wheat, <H2591> and to <H5705> an hundred <H3969> baths <H1325> of wine, <H2562> and to <H5705> an hundred <H3969> baths <H1325> of oil, <H4887> and salt <H4416> without <H3809> prescribing <H3792> [how much].
23: Whatsoever <H3606> is commanded <H2941> by <H4481> the God <H0426> of heaven, <H8065> let it be diligently <H0149> done <H5648> for the house <H1005> of the God <H0426> of heaven: <H8065> for <H1768> why <H4101> should there be <H1934> wrath <H7109> against <H5922> the realm <H4437> of the king <H4430> and his sons? <H1123>
24: Also we certify <H3046> you, that touching any <H3606> of the priests <H3549> and Levites, <H3879> singers, <H2171> porters, <H8652> Nethinims, <H5412> or ministers <H6399> of this <H1836> house <H1005> of God, <H0426> it shall not <H3809> be lawful <H7990> to impose <H7412> toll, <H4061> tribute, <H1093> or custom, <H1983> upon <H5922> them.
25: And thou, <H0607> Ezra, <H5831> after the wisdom <H2452> of thy God, <H0426> that [is] in thine hand, <H3028> set <H4483> magistrates <H8200> and judges, <H1782> which may judge <H1934> <H1778> all <H3606> the people <H5972> that [are] beyond <H5675> the river, <H5103> all <H3606> such as know <H3046> the laws <H1882> of thy God; <H0426> and teach <H3046> ye them that know <H3046> [them] not. <H3809>
26: And whosoever <H3606> will not <H3809> do <H1934> <H5648> the law <H1882> of thy God, <H0426> and the law <H1882> of the king, <H4430> let judgment <H1780> be <H1934> executed <H5648> speedily <H0629> upon him, <H4481> whether <H2006> [it be] unto death, <H4193> or <H2006> to banishment, <H8332> or <H2006> to confiscation <H6065> of goods, <H5232> or to imprisonment. <H0613>
27: Blessed <H1288> [be] the LORD <H3068> God <H0430> of our fathers, <H0001> which hath put <H5414> [such a thing] as this in the king's <H4428> heart, <H3820> to beautify <H6286> the house <H1004> of the LORD <H3068> which [is] in Jerusalem: <H3389>
28: And hath extended <H5186> mercy <H2617> unto me before <H6440> the king, <H4428> and his counsellors, <H3289> and before all the king's <H4428> mighty <H1368> princes. <H8269> And I was strengthened <H2388> as the hand <H3027> of the LORD <H3068> my God <H0430> [was] upon me, and I gathered together <H6908> out of Israel <H3478> chief <H7218> men to go up <H5927> with me.