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1 After all this, during the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra arrived from Babylon. He was the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2 son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3 son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4 son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5 son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the high priest.
5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
6 This Ezra arrived from Babylon, and was a scribe who was an expert in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given to Israel. The king had granted Ezra everything he'd asked for, because the Lord his God was with him.
6 this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to Yahweh his God’s hand on him.
7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes Ezra left for Jerusalem, accompanied by some of the people of Israel, and some of the priests and Levites, singers and gatekeepers, and Temple servants.
7 Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of King Artaxerxes' reign.
8 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 He had started the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, his gracious God going with him.
9 For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
10 For Ezra had committed himself to gaining insights from the Law of the Lord, wanting to practice it and to teach in Israel its rules and how to live.
10 For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
11 This is a copy of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, who had studied the Lord's commandments and regulations given to Israel:
11 Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of Yahweh’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
12 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
13 I hereby issue this decree: Any of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom who voluntarily decide to go to Jerusalem with you may do so.
13 I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
14 You are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to investigate the situation in Judah and Jerusalem as it relates to the Law of your God, which you carry with you.
14 Because you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,
15 We also instruct you to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have voluntarily donated to the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem,
15 and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
16 together with all the silver and gold you may receive from the province of Babylon, as well as the voluntary donations of the people and priests to the Temple of their God in Jerusalem.
16 and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
17 You are to use this money first to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as necessary, along with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and present them on the altar at the Temple of your God in Jerusalem.
17 Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
18 Then you and those with you may decide to use the rest of the silver and gold in whatever way you think best, in accordance with the will of your God.
18 Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
19 But the items you have been given for the service of the Temple of your God must be all delivered to the God of Jerusalem.
19 The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
20 If there is anything else required for the Temple of your God that you have to provide, you may charge it to the royal treasury.
20 Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
21 I, King Artaxerxes, decree that all the treasurers west of the Euphrates should provide whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require from you, and it must be provided in full,
21 I, even I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requires of you, it shall be done with all diligence,
22 up to one hundred talents of silver, one hundred cors of wheat, one hundred baths of wine, one hundred baths of olive oil, and unrestricted amounts of salt.
22 up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred cors of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23 Make sure you provide in full whatever the God of heaven requires for his Temple, for why should his anger be brought down on the king and his sons?
23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
24 Also be aware that all of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Temple servants, or other workers of this Temple are exempt from paying any tax, tribute, or fees, and you are not authorized to charge them.
24 Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.
25 You, Ezra, are to follow the wisdom of your God which you possess, shall appoint magistrates and judges to provide justice to all the people west of the Euphrates—all those who follow the laws of your God. You are to teach these laws to those who do not.
25 You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, who all know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.
26 Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, will be severely punished, either by death, banishment, seizure of property, or imprisonment.”
26 Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
27 Praise the Lord, the God of our forefathers, who put into the king's mind to honor the Lord's Temple in Jerusalem in this way,
27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;
28 and who has shown me such kindness by honoring me before the king, his counselors, and all his high officials. Because the Lord my God was with me, I was encouraged and called together the leaders of Israel to return to Jerusalem with me.
28 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to Yahweh my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.

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  • Abishua

    Priest, son of Phinehas

    Abishua is listed as the son of Phinehas in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:50; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Ahitub

    Priest, son of Amariah

    Ahitub is listed as the son of Amariah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:11; 1 Chronicles 6:12; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Amariah

    Priest, son of Azariah

    Amariah is listed as the son of Azariah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Artaxerxes

    King of Persia, sent Ezra and Nehemiah

    King of Persia who received the accusing letter of Rehum, sent Ezra to Jerusalem in his seventh year with a decree and funds, and in his twentieth year sent Nehemiah, his…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:7; Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:12

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  • Azariah

    Priest, son of Hilkiah

    Azariah is listed as the son of Hilkiah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:13; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Azariah

    Priest in Solomon's temple

    Son of Johanan and father of Amariah, the priest who served in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. Ezra 7:3 calls him 'son of Meraioth', skipping generations given in 1…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:10; 1 Chronicles 6:11; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Bukki

    Priest, son of Abishua

    Bukki is listed as the son of Abishua in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Ezra

    Priest and scribe, teacher of the Law

    Priest and scribe of Aaron’s line who came up from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, set his heart to study, practice and teach the Law, led the confession over mixed…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 7:1; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 10:1

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  • Meraioth

    Priest, son of Zerahiah

    Meraioth is listed as the son of Zerahiah in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Chronicles 6:52; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Seraiah

    Priest, son of Azariah

    Chief priest when Jerusalem fell, taken to Riblah and put to death by the king of Babylon; 1 Chronicles 6:14 lists him as son of Azariah and father of Jehozadak, and Ezra traced…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Shallum

    Priest, son of Zadok

    Shallum is listed as the son of Zadok in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:12; 1 Chronicles 6:13; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Uzzi

    Priest, son of Bukki

    Uzzi is listed as the son of Bukki in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:5; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Zadok

    Priest, son of Ahitub

    Zadok is listed as the son of Ahitub in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:12; Ezra 7:1–5

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  • Zerahiah

    Priest, son of Uzzi

    Zerahiah is listed as the son of Uzzi in the priestly line of Aaron from Eleazar to Jehozadak (1 Chronicles 6:4-15, 50-53).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 6:6; 1 Chronicles 6:51; Ezra 7:1–5

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Cross references (25)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Nehemiah 2:1; 1 Chronicles 6:4–14; 2 Kings 22:4; Ezra 7:12; Ezra 7:21
  2. 2 2 Samuel 8:17; 1 Kings 2:35
  3. 5 Judges 20:28; 2 Chronicles 19:11; Leviticus 10:12; Numbers 3:32; 1 Chronicles 6:50–52
  4. 6 Ezra 8:22; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 8:31; Nehemiah 2:18; Nehemiah 2:8
  5. 7 Ezra 8:1–20; Nehemiah 7:45–73; 1 Chronicles 6:31–48; Ezra 6:14; Nehemiah 10:28
  6. 9 Ezra 7:6; Nehemiah 2:8; Nehemiah 2:18
  7. 10 2 Timothy 4:2; Malachi 2:7; Matthew 7:24; John 13:17; Psalm 1:2
  8. 11 Ezra 4:11; Mark 7:1–13; Matthew 23:13; Ezra 7:6; Matthew 23:2
  9. 12 Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37; Ezra 4:17; Daniel 2:47; Isaiah 10:8
  10. 13 Ezra 6:1; 2 Chronicles 30:5; Ezra 5:13; Psalm 110:3; Psalm 148:6
  11. 14 Esther 1:14; Deuteronomy 17:18–19; Ezra 6:12; Daniel 6:20; Isaiah 8:20
  12. 15 Psalm 135:21; 2 Chronicles 6:2; Ezra 6:12; Isaiah 60:6–9; Ezra 6:4
  13. 16 1 Chronicles 29:6; Ezra 1:4; Ezra 1:6; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 2 Corinthians 8:12
  14. 17 Deuteronomy 12:5–11; Numbers 15:4–13; Ezra 6:9–10; John 2:14; Matthew 21:12–13
  15. 18 Ezra 7:26; 2 Kings 22:7; Ephesians 5:17; 2 Kings 12:15
  16. 19 Ezra 8:33–34; Ezra 8:27–30; 2 Chronicles 32:19; Jeremiah 3:17
  17. 20 Ezra 6:4; Ezra 6:8–18
  18. 21 Ezra 7:6; Ezra 4:16; Ezra 4:20; Ezra 7:10–13; Ezra 6:6
  19. 22 Leviticus 2:13; Luke 16:6–7; Ezekiel 45:14
  20. 23 Psalm 119:4; Ezra 7:13; Zechariah 12:3; Ezra 6:10–12; Ezra 7:18
  21. 24 Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 2:36–55; Ezra 4:20
  22. 25 Deuteronomy 16:18; Ezra 7:10; James 1:5; Malachi 2:7; Psalm 19:7
  23. 26 Ezra 6:11; Deuteronomy 13:1–18; Leviticus 20:1–27; Exodus 21:1–22; Daniel 6:26
  24. 27 Revelation 17:17; Ezra 6:22; Isaiah 60:13; James 1:17; Nehemiah 2:8
  25. 28 2 Timothy 4:17–18; Genesis 32:28; Ezra 8:18; Ezra 9:9; Ezra 5:5

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