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      <verse number='1'>Now <strongs number="310">after</strongs><strongs number="428">these</strongs><strongs number="1697">things</strongs>, in the <strongs number="4438">reign</strongs>of <strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs><strongs number="4428">king</strongs>of <strongs number="6539">Persia</strongs>, <strongs number="5830">Ezra</strongs>the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="8304">Seraiah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5838">Azariah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="2518">Hilkiah</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='2'>The <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="7967">Shallum</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="6659">Zadok</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="285">Ahitub</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='3'>The <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="568">Amariah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5838">Azariah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="4812">Meraioth</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='4'>The <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="2228">Zerahiah</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="5813">Uzzi</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="1231">Bukki</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='5'>The <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="50">Abishua</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="6372">Phinehas</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="499">Eleazar</strongs>, the <strongs number="1121">son</strongs>of <strongs number="175">Aaron</strongs>the <strongs number="7218">chief</strongs><strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='6'><strongs number="1931">This</strongs><strongs number="5830">Ezra</strongs>went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 894">Babylon</strongs>; and <strongs number="1931">he</strongs><em> was </em>a <strongs number="4106">ready</strongs><strongs number="5608">scribe</strongs>in the <strongs number="8451">law</strongs>of <strongs number="4872">Moses</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>had <strongs number="5414">given</strongs>: and the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="5414">granted</strongs>him <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>his <strongs number="1246">request</strongs>, according to the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>his <strongs number="430">God</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='7'>And there went <strongs number="5927">up</strongs><em> some </em>of the <strongs number="4480 1121">children</strongs>of <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>, and <strongs number="4480">of</strongs>the <strongs number="3548">priests</strongs>, and the <strongs number="3881">Levites</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7891">singers</strongs>, and the <strongs number="7778">porters</strongs>, and the <strongs number="5411">Nethinims</strongs>, <strongs number="413">unto</strongs><strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>, in the <strongs number="7651">seventh</strongs><strongs number="8141">year</strongs>of <strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='8'>And he <strongs number="935">came</strongs>to <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>in the <strongs number="2549">fifth</strongs><strongs number="2320">month</strongs>, <strongs number="1931">which</strongs><em> was </em>in the <strongs number="7637">seventh</strongs><strongs number="8141">year</strongs>of the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='9'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs>upon the <strongs number="259">first</strongs><em> day </em>of the <strongs number="7223">first</strongs><strongs number="2320">month</strongs><strongs number="3246">began</strongs><strongs number="1931">he</strongs>to go <strongs number="4609">up</strongs>from <strongs number="4480 894">Babylon</strongs>, and on the <strongs number="259">first</strongs><em> day </em>of the <strongs number="2549">fifth</strongs><strongs number="2320">month</strongs><strongs number="935">came</strongs>he <strongs number="413">to</strongs><strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>, according to the <strongs number="2896">good</strongs><strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of his <strongs number="430">God</strongs><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>him. </verse>
      <verse number='10'><strongs number="3588">For</strongs><strongs number="5830">Ezra</strongs>had <strongs number="3559">prepared</strongs>his <strongs number="3824">heart</strongs>to <strongs number="1875">seek</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="8451">law</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>, and to <strongs number="6213">do</strongs><em> it </em>, and to <strongs number="3925">teach</strongs>in <strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs><strongs number="2706">statutes</strongs>and <strongs number="4941">judgments</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='11'>Now <strongs number="2088">this</strongs><em> is </em>the <strongs number="6572">copy</strongs>of the <strongs number="5406">letter</strongs><strongs number="834">that</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs><strongs number="5414">gave</strongs>unto <strongs number="5830">Ezra</strongs>the <strongs number="3548">priest</strongs>, the <strongs number="5608">scribe</strongs>, <em> even </em>a <strongs number="5608">scribe</strongs>of the <strongs number="1697">words</strongs>of the <strongs number="4687">commandments</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>, and of his <strongs number="2706">statutes</strongs><strongs number="5921">to</strongs><strongs number="3478">Israel</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='12'><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>, <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>of <strongs number="4430">kings</strongs>, unto <strongs number="5831">Ezra</strongs>the <strongs number="3549">priest</strongs>, a <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs>of the <strongs number="1882">law</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="8065">heaven</strongs>, <strongs number="1585">perfect</strongs><em> peace </em>, and at such a <strongs number="3706">time</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='13'>I <strongs number="7761">make</strongs>a <strongs number="2942">decree</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="3606">all</strongs>they <strongs number="4481">of</strongs>the <strongs number="5972">people</strongs>of <strongs number="3479">Israel</strongs>, and <em> of </em>his <strongs number="3549">priests</strongs>and <strongs number="3879">Levites</strongs>, in my <strongs number="4437">realm</strongs>, which are minded of their own <strongs number="5069">freewill</strongs>to go <strongs number="1946">up</strongs>to <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>, <strongs number="1946">go</strongs><strongs number="5974">with</strongs>thee. </verse>
      <verse number='14'><strongs number="3606 6903 1768">Forasmuch</strongs>as thou art <strongs number="7972">sent</strongs><strongs number="4481 6925">of</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>, and of his <strongs number="7655">seven</strongs><strongs number="3272">counselors</strongs>, to <strongs number="1240">inquire</strongs><strongs number="5922">concerning</strongs><strongs number="3061">Judah</strongs>and <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>, according to the <strongs number="1882">law</strongs>of thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs><em> is </em>in thine <strongs number="3028">hand</strongs>; </verse>
      <verse number='15'>And to <strongs number="2987">carry</strongs>the <strongs number="3702">silver</strongs>and <strongs number="1722">gold</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">which</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>and his <strongs number="3272">counselors</strongs>have freely <strongs number="5069">offered</strongs>unto the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="3479">Israel</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">whose</strongs><strongs number="4907">habitation</strongs><em> is </em>in <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='16'>And <strongs number="3606">all</strongs>the <strongs number="3702">silver</strongs>and <strongs number="1722">gold</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs>thou canst <strongs number="7912">find</strongs>in <strongs number="3606">all</strongs>the <strongs number="4083">province</strongs>of <strongs number="895">Babylon</strongs>, <strongs number="5974">with</strongs>the freewill <strongs number="5069">offering</strongs>of the <strongs number="5974">people</strongs>, and of the <strongs number="3549">priests</strongs>, offering <strongs number="5069">willingly</strongs>for the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of their <strongs number="426">God</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs><em> is </em>in <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='17'><strongs number="3606 6903 1836">That</strongs>thou mayest <strongs number="7066">buy</strongs><strongs number="629">speedily</strongs>with <strongs number="1836">this</strongs><strongs number="3702">money</strongs><strongs number="8450">bullocks</strongs>, <strongs number="1798">rams</strongs>, <strongs number="563">lambs</strongs>, with their meat <strongs number="4504">offerings</strongs>and their drink <strongs number="5261">offerings</strongs>, and <strongs number="7127">offer</strongs><strongs number="1994">them</strongs><strongs number="5922">upon</strongs>the <strongs number="4056">altar</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of your <strongs number="426">God</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs><em> is </em>in <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='18'>And <strongs number="4101 1768">whatsoever</strongs>shall seem <strongs number="3191">good</strongs><strongs number="5922">to</strongs>thee, and <strongs number="5922">to</strongs>thy <strongs number="252">brethren</strongs>, to <strongs number="5648">do</strongs>with the <strongs number="7606">rest</strongs>of the <strongs number="3702">silver</strongs>and the <strongs number="1722">gold</strongs>, that <strongs number="5648">do</strongs>after the <strongs number="7470">will</strongs>of your <strongs number="426">God</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='19'>The <strongs number="3984">vessels</strongs>also <strongs number="1768">that</strongs>are <strongs number="3052">given</strongs>thee for the <strongs number="6402">service</strongs>of the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs>, <em> those </em><strongs number="8000">deliver</strongs>thou <strongs number="6925">before</strongs>the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="3390">Jerusalem</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='20'>And whatsoever <strongs number="7606">more</strongs>shall be <strongs number="2819">needful</strongs>for the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">which</strongs>thou shalt have <strongs number="5308">occasion</strongs>to <strongs number="5415">bestow</strongs>, <strongs number="5415">bestow</strongs><em> it </em>out <strongs number="4481">of</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1596">treasure</strongs><strongs number="1005">house</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='21'>And I, <em> even </em><strongs number="576">I</strongs><strongs number="783">Artaxerxes</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>, do <strongs number="7761">make</strongs>a <strongs number="2942">decree</strongs>to <strongs number="3606">all</strongs>the <strongs number="1490">treasurers</strongs><strongs number="1768">which</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="5675">beyond</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="3606 1768">whatsoever</strongs><strongs number="5831">Ezra</strongs>the <strongs number="3549">priest</strongs>, the <strongs number="5613">scribe</strongs>of the <strongs number="1882">law</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="8065">heaven</strongs>, shall <strongs number="7593">require</strongs>of you, it be <strongs number="5648">done</strongs><strongs number="629">speedily</strongs>, </verse>
      <verse number='22'><strongs number="5705">Unto</strongs>a <strongs number="3969">hundred</strongs><strongs number="3604">talents</strongs>of <strongs number="3702">silver</strongs>, and <strongs number="5705">to</strongs>a <strongs number="3969">hundred</strongs><strongs number="3734">measures</strongs>of <strongs number="2591">wheat</strongs>, and <strongs number="5705">to</strongs>a <strongs number="3969">hundred</strongs><strongs number="1325">baths</strongs>of <strongs number="2562">wine</strongs>, and <strongs number="5705">to</strongs>a <strongs number="3969">hundred</strongs><strongs number="1325">baths</strongs>of <strongs number="4887">oil</strongs>, and <strongs number="4416">salt</strongs><strongs number="1768 3809">without</strongs><strongs number="3792">prescribing</strongs><em> how </em><em> much </em>. </verse>
      <verse number='23'><strongs number="3606 1768">Whatsoever</strongs>is <strongs number="2941">commanded</strongs><strongs number="4481">by</strongs>the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="8065">heaven</strongs>, let it be <strongs number="149">diligently</strongs><strongs number="5648">done</strongs>for the <strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="426">God</strongs>of <strongs number="8065">heaven</strongs>: <strongs number="1768">for</strongs><strongs number="4101">why</strongs>should there <strongs number="1934">be</strongs><strongs number="7109">wrath</strongs><strongs number="5922">against</strongs>the <strongs number="4437">realm</strongs>of the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>and his <strongs number="1123">sons</strongs>? </verse>
      <verse number='24'>Also we <strongs number="3046">certify</strongs>you, <strongs number="1768">that</strongs>touching <strongs number="3606">any</strongs>of the <strongs number="3549">priests</strongs>and <strongs number="3879">Levites</strongs>, <strongs number="2171">singers</strongs>, <strongs number="8652">porters</strongs>, <strongs number="5412">Nethinims</strongs>, or <strongs number="6399">ministers</strongs>of <strongs number="1836">this</strongs><strongs number="1005">house</strongs>of <strongs number="426">God</strongs>, it shall <strongs number="3809">not</strongs>be <strongs number="7990">lawful</strongs>to <strongs number="7412">impose</strongs><strongs number="4061">toll</strongs>, <strongs number="1093">tribute</strongs>, or <strongs number="1983">custom</strongs>, <strongs number="5922">upon</strongs>them. </verse>
      <verse number='25'>And <strongs number="607">thou</strongs>, <strongs number="5831">Ezra</strongs>, after the <strongs number="2452">wisdom</strongs>of thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">that</strongs><em> is </em>in thine <strongs number="3028">hand</strongs>, <strongs number="4483">set</strongs><strongs number="8200">magistrates</strongs>and <strongs number="1782">judges</strongs>, <strongs number="1768">which</strongs><strongs number="1934">may</strongs><strongs number="1780">judge</strongs><strongs number="3606">all</strongs>the <strongs number="5972">people</strongs><strongs number="1768">that</strongs><em> are </em><strongs number="5675">beyond</strongs>the <strongs number="5103">river</strongs>, <strongs number="3606">all</strongs>such as <strongs number="3046">know</strongs>the <strongs number="1882">laws</strongs>of thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs>; and <strongs number="3046">teach</strongs>ye them <strongs number="1768">that</strongs><strongs number="3046">know</strongs><em> them </em><strongs number="3809">not</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='26'>And <strongs number="3606 1768">whosoever</strongs><strongs number="1934">will</strongs><strongs number="3809">not</strongs><strongs number="5648">do</strongs>the <strongs number="1882">law</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>thy <strongs number="426">God</strongs>, and the <strongs number="1882">law</strongs><strongs number="1768">of</strongs>the <strongs number="4430">king</strongs>, <strongs number="1934">let</strongs><strongs number="1780">judgment</strongs>be <strongs number="5648">executed</strongs><strongs number="629">speedily</strongs><strongs number="4481">upon</strongs>him, <strongs number="2006">whether</strongs><em> it </em><em> be </em>unto <strongs number="4193">death</strongs>, <strongs number="2006">or</strongs>to <strongs number="8332">banishment</strongs>, <strongs number="2006">or</strongs>to <strongs number="6065">confiscation</strongs>of <strongs number="5232">goods</strongs>, or to <strongs number="613">imprisonment</strongs>. </verse>
      <verse number='27'><strongs number="1288">Blessed</strongs><em> be </em>the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="430">God</strongs>of our <strongs number="1">fathers</strongs>, <strongs number="834">which</strongs>hath <strongs number="5414">put</strongs><em> such </em><em> a </em><em> thing </em>as <strongs number="2063">this</strongs>in the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="3820">heart</strongs>, to <strongs number="6286">beautify</strongs><strongs number="*853"></strongs>the <strongs number="1004">house</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs><strongs number="834">which</strongs><em> is </em>in <strongs number="3389">Jerusalem</strongs>: </verse>
      <verse number='28'>And hath <strongs number="5186">extended</strongs><strongs number="2617">mercy</strongs><strongs number="5921">unto</strongs>me <strongs number="6440">before</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>, and his <strongs number="3289">counselors</strongs>, and before <strongs number="3605">all</strongs>the <strongs number="4428">king</strongs>'s <strongs number="1368">mighty</strongs><strongs number="8269">princes</strongs>. And <strongs number="589">I</strongs>was <strongs number="2388">strengthened</strongs>as the <strongs number="3027">hand</strongs>of the <strongs number="3068">LORD</strongs>my <strongs number="430">God</strongs><em> was </em><strongs number="5921">upon</strongs>me, and I gathered <strongs number="6908">together</strongs>out of <strongs number="4480 3478">Israel</strongs>chief <strongs number="7218">men</strongs>to go <strongs number="5927">up</strongs><strongs number="5973">with</strongs>me. </verse>
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