¹ H310 Now after H1697 these things H4438 , in the reign H783 of Artaxerxes H4428 king H6539 of Persia H5830 , Ezra H1121 the son H8304 of Seraiah H1121 , the son H5838 of Azariah H1121 , the son H2518 of Hilkiah,

² H1121 The son H7967 of Shallum H1121 , the son H6659 of Zadok H1121 , the son H285 of Ahitub,

³ H1121 The son H568 of Amariah H1121 , the son H5838 of Azariah H1121 , the son H4812 of Meraioth,

⁴ H1121 The son H2228 of Zerahiah H1121 , the son H5813 of Uzzi H1121 , the son H1231 of Bukki,

⁵ H1121 The son H50 of Abishua H1121 , the son H6372 of Phinehas H1121 , the son H499 of Eleazar H1121 , the son H175 of Aaron H7218 the chief H3548 priest:

⁶ H5830 This Ezra H5927 went up [H8804]   H894 from Babylon H4106 ; and he was a ready H5608 scribe [H8802]   H8451 in the law H4872 of Moses H3068 , which the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H5414 had given [H8804]   H4428 : and the king H5414 granted [H8799]   H1246 him all his request H3027 , according to the hand H3068 of the LORD H430 his God upon him.

⁷ H5927 And there went up [H8799]   H1121 some of the children H3478 of Israel H3548 , and of the priests H3881 , and the Levites H7891 , and the singers [H8789]   H7778 , and the porters H5411 , and the Nethinims H3389 , unto Jerusalem H7651 , in the seventh H8141 year H783 of Artaxerxes H4428 the king.

⁸ H935 And he came [H8799]   H3389 to Jerusalem H2549 in the fifth H2320 month H7637 , which was in the seventh H8141 year H4428 of the king.

⁹ H259 For upon the first H7223 day of the first H2320 month H3246 began H4609 he to go up H894 from Babylon H259 , and on the first H2549 day of the fifth H2320 month H935 came [H8804]   H3389 he to Jerusalem H2896 , according to the good H3027 hand H430 of his God upon him.

¹⁰ H5830 For Ezra H3559 had prepared [H8689]   H3824 his heart H1875 to seek [H8800]   H8451 the law H3068 of the LORD H6213 , and to do [H8800]   H3925 it, and to teach [H8763]   H3478 in Israel H2706 statutes H4941 and judgments.

¹¹ H6572 Now this is the copy H5406 of the letter H4428 that the king H783 Artaxerxes H5414 gave [H8804]   H5830 unto Ezra H3548 the priest H5608 , the scribe [H8802]   H5608 , even a scribe [H8802]   H1697 of the words H4687 of the commandments H3068 of the LORD H2706 , and of his statutes H3478 to Israel.

¹² H783 Artaxerxes H4430 , king H4430 of kings H5831 , unto Ezra H3549 the priest H5613 , a scribe H1882 of the law H426 of the God H8065 of heaven H1585 , perfect [H8752]   H3706 peace, and at such a time.

¹³ H4481 I H7761 make [H8752]   H2942 a decree H3606 , that all H4481 they of H5972 the people H3479 of Israel H3549 , and of his priests H3879 and Levites H4437 , in my realm H5069 , which are minded of their own freewill [H8723]   H1946 to go up [H8749]   H3390 to Jerusalem H1946 , go [H8748]   H5974 with thee.

¹⁴ H1768 Forasmuch H6903   H3606 as H7972 thou art sent [H8750]   H4481 of H6925   H4430 the king H7655 , and of his seven H3272 counsellors [H8750]   H1240 , to enquire [H8742]   H5922 concerning H3061 Judah H3390 and Jerusalem H1882 , according to the law H426 of thy God H3028 which is in thine hand;

¹⁵ H2987 And to carry [H8682]   H3702 the silver H1722 and gold H4430 , which the king H3272 and his counsellors [H8750]   H5069 have freely offered [H8724]   H426 unto the God H3479 of Israel H1768 , whose H4907 habitation H3390 is in Jerusalem,

¹⁶ H3606 And all H3702 the silver H1722 and gold H7912 that thou canst find [H8681]   H3606 in all H4083 the province H895 of Babylon H5974 , with H5069 the freewill offering [H8722]   H5972 of the people H3549 , and of the priests H5069 , offering willingly [H8723]   H1005 for the house H426 of their God H3390 which is in Jerusalem:

¹⁷ H3606 That H6903   H7066 thou mayest buy [H8748]   H629 speedily H1836 with this H3702 money H8450 bullocks H1798 , rams H563 , lambs H4504 , with their meat offerings H5261 and their drink offerings H7127 , and offer [H8741]   H1994 them H5922 upon H4056 the altar H1005 of the house H426 of your God H3390 which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁸ H4101 And whatsoever H1768   H3191 shall seem good [H8748]   H5922 to thee, and to H252 thy brethren H5648 , to do [H8749]   H7606 with the rest H3702 of the silver H1722 and the gold H5648 , that do [H8748]   H7470 after the will H426 of your God.

¹⁹ H3984 The vessels H3052 also that are given [H8727]   H6402 thee for the service H1005 of the house H426 of thy God H8000 , those deliver [H8680]   H6925 thou before H426 the God H3390 of Jerusalem.

²⁰ H7606 And whatsoever more H2819 shall be needful H1005 for the house H426 of thy God H5308 , which thou shalt have occasion [H8748]   H5415 to bestow [H8749]   H5415 , bestow [H8748]   H4481 it out of H4430 the king's H1596 treasure H1005 house.

²¹ H4481 And I H576 , even I H783 Artaxerxes H4430 the king H7761 , do make [H8752]   H2942 a decree H3606 to all H1490 the treasurers H5675 which are beyond H5103 the river H5831 , that whatsoever Ezra H3549 the priest H5613 , the scribe H1882 of the law H426 of the God H8065 of heaven H7593 , shall require [H8748]   H5648 of you, it be done [H8725]   H629 speedily,

²² H5705 Unto H3969 an hundred H3604 talents H3702 of silver H3969 , and to an hundred H3734 measures H2591 of wheat H3969 , and to an hundred H1325 baths H2562 of wine H3969 , and to an hundred H1325 baths H4887 of oil H4416 , and salt H3809 without H3792 prescribing how much .

²³ H3606 Whatsoever H2941 is commanded by H4481   H426 the God H8065 of heaven H149 , let it be diligently H5648 done [H8725]   H1005 for the house H426 of the God H8065 of heaven H1768 : for H4101 why H1934 should there be [H8748]   H7109 wrath H5922 against H4437 the realm H4430 of the king H1123 and his sons?

²⁴ H3046 Also we certify [H8683]   H3606 you, that touching any H3549 of the priests H3879 and Levites H2171 , singers H8652 , porters H5412 , Nethinims H6399 , or ministers [H8750]   H1836 of this H1005 house H426 of God H3809 , it shall not H7990 be lawful H7412 to impose [H8749]   H4061 toll H1093 , tribute H1983 , or custom H5922 , upon them.

²⁵ H607 And thou H5831 , Ezra H2452 , after the wisdom H426 of thy God H3028 , that is in thine hand H4483 , set [H8740]   H8200 magistrates [H8751]   H1782 and judges H1934 , which may judge [H8748]   H1778   [H8751]   H3606 all H5972 the people H5675 that are beyond H5103 the river H3606 , all H3046 such as know [H8751]   H1882 the laws H426 of thy God H3046 ; and teach [H8681]   H3046 ye them that know [H8751]   H3809 them not.

²⁶ H3606 And whosoever H3809 will not H1934 do [H8748]   H5648   [H8751]   H1882 the law H426 of thy God H1882 , and the law H4430 of the king H1780 , let judgment H1934 be [H8748]   H5648 executed [H8727]   H629 speedily H4481 upon him H2006 , whether H4193 it be unto death H2006 , or H8332 to banishment H2006 , or H6065 to confiscation H5232 of goods H613 , or to imprisonment.

²⁷ H1288 Blessed [H8803]   H3068 be the LORD H430 God H1 of our fathers H5414 , which hath put [H8804]   H4428 such a thing as this in the king's H3820 heart H6286 , to beautify [H8763]   H1004 the house H3068 of the LORD H3389 which is in Jerusalem:

²⁸ H5186 And hath extended [H8689]   H2617 mercy H6440 unto me before H4428 the king H3289 , and his counsellors [H8802]   H4428 , and before all the king's H1368 mighty H8269 princes H2388 . And I was strengthened [H8694]   H3027 as the hand H3068 of the LORD H430 my God H6908 was upon me, and I gathered together [H8799]   H3478 out of Israel H7218 chief men H5927 to go up [H8800]   with me.