VII. 16.

BC 515.
22. Ex. 12. 15- 20; 13
EZRA GOES UP TO JERU- SALEM. 457.
e. Ezra, Help.
J.G. Jehovah lohim.
8, SONS.
J. Jehovah.
LETTER OF ARTA- XERXES TO EZRA.
Chaldee Srom v. 12.
eh. Elah, God singu- lar, Chal- dee, from ahlah, to worship, to adore.
J. from before.
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B.C. about 457.
eh, Elah.
8. silver,
g. gift-offer- ings.
J libations. 6. bring them near.
ch. Elah, to ferment.
emphatic, Gop. lo} J. Jehovah.
BLESSES Srom t. 27.
ehh. Elahah, singular. EZRA Hebrew 3G. Jehovah Elohim. k. kindness. CHIEF OF OF
FROM BABYLON,
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willingly for the_house_of their ¢-God which 7s in Jerusalem :
W That thou mayest_buy speedily with this smoney bullocks, rams, lambs, with their 9 meat_offerings, and their ‘drink_offerings, and / offer them upon the_altar of the-house_of your eh-God which is in Jerusalem.
18 And whatsoever shall_seem_good to thee, und to thy brethren, to_do with the_rest_of the silver and the gold, that do after the_will_of your eh -God.
19 The vessels also that sare_given thee for the_service_of the_house_of thy eh-God, those deliver thou before the_ ch-God_of Jerusalem.
20 And whatsoever more shall_be_ needful for the_house_of thy ¢-God, which thou shalt_have_oceasion to be- stow, bestow it out_of the king’s treasure house,
21 And I, even € Artaxerxes the king, do_make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that what- soever Ezra the priest, the_scribe_of the_law_of the_eh-God_of =heaven, shall_require of you, it tbe _ done speedily,
2 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.
23 Whatsoever is_commanded by the_ ch-God_of =heaven, 'let_it_be diligently done for the_house_of the_eh-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 Leyvites, singers, pores Nethinims, or ministers_of this
ouse of ehh —God, it shall not be_lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
% And thou, Ezra, after the_wisdom_ of thy eh ~God, that 7s 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 ch -God ; and 'teach ye them that know them not.
26 And whosoever will not do the_ law_of thy e+ -God, and the_law_of the king, ‘let_ judgment be_executed speed- ily upon him, whether zt be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.”
27 Blessed be ) the Lorp =God_of our fathers, which hath_put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify -the_house_of Jthe Lorp which is in Jerusalem :
28 And hath extended *mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s might i pte And £ was_strengthened as the_hand.
of Jthe Lorp my =God was upon me, and I gathered_together out_of Israé chief_men to go_up with me.
THESE are now the_chief_of their
fathers, and this is the_genealogy_
of them -that_went_up with me from
Babylon, in the_reign_of Artaxerxes the King.
Ezxa VIII. 21 2 Of the_sons_of Phinehas ; Gershom :| B.C. i
of the_sons_of Ithamar: Daniél ; of the_sons_of David; Hattush.
3 Of the_sons_of’ Shechaniah, of the_ sons_of Pharosh ; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned _by. Popes se, of the males a hundred and
4 Of the_sons_of Pabatitancabl Eli- hoenai the_son_of Zerahiah, and with him two_hundred xmales.
5 Of the_sons_of Shechaniah; the_ son_of Jahaziél, and with him three hundred xmales.
6 Of the_sons also of Adin; Ebed the_ son_of Jonathan, and with him fifty xmales.
7 And of the_sons_of Elam ; Jeshaiah the_son_of Athaliah, and with him seventy
8 And of the_sons_of Shephatiah ; Ze- badiah the_son_of Michael, and with him fourscore «males,
» Of the_sons_of Joab; Obadiah the_ son_of Jehiél, and with him two_hun- dred and eighteen xmales.
10 And of the_sons_of Shelomith ; the_son_of Josiphiah, and with him a hundred and threescore xmales.
11 And of the_sons_of Bebai; Zech- ariah the_son_of Bebai, and with him twanty and eight «males.
12 And of the_sons_of Azgad; Jo- hanan the_son_of Hakkatan, and with him a hundred and ten xmales.
13 And of the_last sons_of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiél, and Shemaiah, and with them three- score xmales.
14 Of the_sons_also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy xmales.
15 And I gathered_them_together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in_tents three days: and I viewed the ple, and the priests, and found there none of the_ sons_of Levi.
16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Arié! for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, an for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, ‘and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief_men ; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men_of_understand- ing.
5 And I sent them with_command-
“ment unto Iddo the chief at the place
Casiphia, and I ptold them what they |». should_say unto Iddo, and to his bre- thren the Nethinims, at the place Casi- phia, that they should _bring unto us mninisters for the_house_of our =God.
18 And by the good hand_of our =God upon us they bro understanding, of the_sons_of Mahl the_son_ of Levi, the_son_of Israél ; an Sherebiah, with his sons and his bre- thren, eighteen;
19 And -Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the_sons_of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ;
20 Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had_appointed for the_ service_of the Levites, two_hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were_expressed by name.
21 Then I proclaimed a fast “night. the river.of Ahava, that we might.
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