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Now after these things, in the reign of
Artaxerxes, king of Persia, Ezra,

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the son of Saraiah, the son of Azariah,
the son of Hilkiah, the son of Shalom,

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the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitab,
the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah,

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the son of Mereoth, the son of Zerahiah,
the son of Uzziah, the son of Buccai,

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the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eliezer, the son of Aaron,

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the chief priest.

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This Ezra went up from Babylon,
and he was a ready scribe in the law of

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Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had
given.

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And the king granted him all his request,
according to the hand of the Lord his God

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upon him.

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And there went up some of the children of
Israel, and of the priests, and the

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Levites, and the singers, and the porters,
and the Nethanims, unto Jerusalem in the

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seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth
month, which was in the seventh year of

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the king.

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For upon the first day of the first month
began he to go up from Babylon,

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and on the first day of the fifth month
came he to Jerusalem, according to the

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good hand of his God upon him.

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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek
the law of the Lord, and to do it,

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and to teach in Israel statutes and
judgments.

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Now this is the copy of the letter that
the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the

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priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the
words of the commandments of the Lord,

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and of his statutes to Israel.

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Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the
priest, a scribe of the law of the God of

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heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time,
I make a decree that all they of the

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people of Israel, and of his priests and
Levites in my realm, which are minded of

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their own free will to go up to Jerusalem,
go with thee.

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For as much as thou art sent of the king,
and of his seven counselors, to inquire

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concerning Judah and Jerusalem,
according to the law of thy God,

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which is in thine hand, and to carry the
silver and gold, which the king and his

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counselors have freely offered unto the
God of Israel, whose habitation is in

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Jerusalem, and all the silver and gold
that thou canst find in all the province

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of Babylon, with the free will offering of
the people and of the priests,

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offering willingly for the house of their
God, which is in Jerusalem, that thou

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mayest buy speedily with this money
bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat

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offerings and their drink offerings,
and offer them upon the altar of the house

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of your God, which is in Jerusalem.

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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and
to thy brethren, to do with the rest of

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the silver and the gold, that do after the
will of your God.

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The vessels also that are given thee for
the service of the house of thy God,

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those deliver thou before the God of
Jerusalem.

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And whatsoever more shall be needful for
the house of thy God, which thou shalt

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have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of
the king's treasure house.

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And I, even I, Artaxerxes the king,
do make a decree to all the treasurers

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which are beyond the river, that
whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of

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the law of the God of heaven, shall
require of you, it be done speedily.

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Unto one hundred talents of silver,
and to one hundred measures of wheat,

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and to one hundred baths of wine,
and to one hundred baths of oil,

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and salt, without prescribing how much.

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Whatsoever is commanded by the God of
heaven, let it be diligently done for the

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house of the God of heaven.

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For why should there be wrath against the
realm of the king and his sons?

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Also we certify you, that touching any of
the priests and Levites, singers,

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porters, methanims, or ministers of this
house of God, it shall not be lawful to

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impose toll, tribute, or custom upon them.

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And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy
God, that is in thine hand, set

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magistrates and judges, which may judge
all the people that are beyond the river,

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all such as know the laws of thy God,
and teach ye them that know them not.

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And whosoever will not do the law of thy
God, and the law of the king, let judgment

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be executed speedily upon him,
whether it be unto death, or to

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banishment, or to confiscation of goods,
or to imprisonment.

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Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers,
which hath put such a thing as this in the

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king's heart, to beautify the house of the
Lord, which is in Jerusalem, and hath

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extended mercy unto me before the king and
his counsellors, and before all the king's

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mighty princes.

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And I was strengthened as the hand of the
Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered

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together out of Israel chief men to go up
with me.