┼┌╥ 7:1 ╬OW AFTER THESE THINGS, IN THE REIGN OF ┴RTAXERXES KING OF ╨ERSIA, ┼ZRA THE SON OF ╙ERAIAH, THE SON OF ┴ZARIAH, THE SON OF ╚ILKIAH,
┼┌╥ 7:2 ╘HE SON OF ╙HALLUM, THE SON OF ┌ADOK, THE SON OF ┴HITUB,
┼┌╥ 7:3 ╘HE SON OF ┴MARIAH, THE SON OF ┴ZARIAH, THE SON OF ═ERAIOTH,
┼┌╥ 7:4 ╘HE SON OF ┌ERAHIAH, THE SON OF ╒ZZI, THE SON OF ┬UKKI,
┼┌╥ 7:5 ╘HE SON OF ┴BISHUA, THE SON OF ╨HINEHAS, THE SON OF ┼LEAZAR, THE SON OF ┴ARON THE CHIEF PRIEST:
┼┌╥ 7:6 ╘HIS ┼ZRA WENT UP FROM ┬ABYLON; AND HE WAS A READY SCRIBE IN THE LAW OF ═OSES, WHICH THE ╠╧╥─ ╟OD OF ╔SRAEL HAD GIVEN: AND THE KING GRANTED HIM ALL HIS REQUEST, ACCORDING TO THE HAND OF THE ╠╧╥─ HIS ╟OD UPON HIM.
┼┌╥ 7:7 ┴ND THERE WENT UP SOME OF THE CHILDREN OF ╔SRAEL, AND OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE ╠EVITES, AND THE SINGERS, AND THE PORTERS, AND THE ╬ETHINIMS, UNTO ╩ERUSALEM, IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF ┴RTAXERXES THE KING.
┼┌╥ 7:8 ┴ND HE CAME TO ╩ERUSALEM IN THE FIFTH MONTH, WHICH WAS IN THE SEVENTH YEAR OF THE KING.
┼┌╥ 7:9 ╞OR UPON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH BEGAN HE TO GO UP FROM ┬ABYLON, AND ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIFTH MONTH CAME HE TO ╩ERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE GOOD HAND OF HIS ╟OD UPON HIM.
┼┌╥ 7:10 ╞OR ┼ZRA HAD PREPARED HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LAW OF THE ╠╧╥─, AND TO DO IT, AND TO TEACH IN ╔SRAEL STATUTES AND JUDGMENTS.
┼┌╥ 7:11 ╬OW THIS IS THE COPY OF THE LETTER THAT THE KING ┴RTAXERXES GAVE UNTO ┼ZRA THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE, EVEN A SCRIBE OF THE WORDS OF THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE ╠╧╥─, AND OF HIS STATUTES TO ╔SRAEL.
┼┌╥ 7:12 ┴RTAXERXES, KING OF KINGS, UNTO ┼ZRA THE PRIEST, A SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE ╟OD OF HEAVEN, PERFECT PEACE, AND AT SUCH A TIME.
┼┌╥ 7:13 ╔ MAKE A DECREE, THAT ALL THEY OF THE PEOPLE OF ╔SRAEL, AND OF HIS PRIESTS AND ╠EVITES, IN MY REALM, WHIC ARE MINDED OF THEIR OWN FREEWILL TO GO UP TO ╩ERUSALEM, GO WITH THEE.
┼┌╥ 7:14 ╞ORASMUCH AS THOU ART SENT OF THE KING, AND OF HIS SEVEN COUNSELLORS, TO ENQUIRE CONCERNING ╩UDAH AND ╩ERUSALEM, ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THY ╟OD WHICH IS IN THINE HAND;
┼┌╥ 7:15 ┴ND TO CARRY THE SILVER AND GOLD, WHICH THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS HAVE FREELY OFFERED UNTO THE ╟OD OF ╔SRAEL, WHOSE HABITATION IS IN ╩ERUSALEM,
┼┌╥ 7:16 ┴ND ALL THE SILVER AND GOLD THAT THOU CANST FIND IN ALL THE PROVINCE OF ┬ABYLON, WITH THE FREEWILL OFFERING OF THE PEOPLE, AND OF THE PRIESTS, OFFERING WILLINGLY FOR THE HOUSE OF THEIR ╟OD WHICH IS IN ╩ERUSALEM:
┼┌╥ 7:17 ╘HAT THOU MAYEST BUY SPEEDILY WITH THIS MONEY BULLOCKS, RAMS, LAMBS, WITH THEIR MEAT OFFERINGS AND THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS, AND OFFER THEM UPON THE ALTAR OF THE HOUSE OF YOUR ╟OD WHICH IS IN ╩ERUSALEM.
┼┌╥ 7:18 ┴ND WHATSOEVER SHALL SEEM GOOD TO THEE, AND TO THY BRETHREN, TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE SILVER AND THE GOLD, THAT DO AFTER THE WILL OF YOUR ╟OD.
┼┌╥ 7:19 ╘HE VESSELS ALSO THAT ARE GIVEN THEE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THY ╟OD, THOSE DELIVER THOU BEFORE THE ╟OD OF ╩ERUSALEM.
┼┌╥ 7:20 ┴ND WHATSOEVER MORE SHALL BE NEEDFUL FOR THE HOUSE OF THY ╟OD, WHICH THOU SHALT HAVE OCCASION TO BESTOW, BESTOW IT OUT OF THE KING'S TREASURE HOUSE.
┼┌╥ 7:21 ┴ND ╔, EVEN ╔ ┴RTAXERXES THE KING, DO MAKE A DECREE TO ALL THE TREASURERS WHICH ARE BEYOND THE RIVER, THAT WHATSOEVER ┼ZRA THE PRIEST, THE SCRIBE OF THE LAW OF THE ╟OD OF HEAVEN, SHALL REQUIRE OF YOU, IT BE DONE SPEEDILY,
┼┌╥ 7:22 ╒NTO AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER, AND TO AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT, AND TO AN HUNDRED BATHS OF WINE, AND TO AN HUNDRED BATHS OF OIL, AND SALT WITHOUT PRESCRIBING HOW MUCH.
┼┌╥ 7:23 ╫HATSOEVER IS COMMANDED BY THE ╟OD OF HEAVEN, LET IT BE DILIGENTLY DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE ╟OD OF HEAVEN: FOR WHY SHOULD THERE BE WRATH AGAINST THE REALM OF THE KING AND HIS SONS?
┼┌╥ 7:24 ┴LSO WE CERTIFY YOU, THAT TOUCHING ANY OF THE PRIESTS AND ╠EVITES, SINGERS, PORTERS, ╬ETHINIMS, OR MINISTERS OF THIS HOUSE OF ╟OD, IT SHALL NOT BE LAWFUL TO IMPOSE TOLL, TRIBUTE, OR CUSTOM, UPON THEM.
┼┌╥ 7:25 ┴ND THOU, ┼ZRA, AFTER THE WISDOM OF THY ╟OD, THAT IS 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 ╟OD; AND TEACH YE THEM THAT KNOW THEM NOT.
┼┌╥ 7:26 ┴ND WHOSOEVER WILL NOT DO THE LAW OF THY ╟OD, AND THE LAW OF THE KING, LET JUDGMENT BE EXECUTED SPEEDILY UPON HIM, WHETHER IT BE UNTO DEATH, OR TO BANISHMENT, OR TO CONFISCATION OF GOODS, OR TO IMPRISONMENT.
┼┌╥ 7:27 ┬LESSED BE THE ╠╧╥─ ╟OD OF OUR FATHERS, WHICH HATH PUT SUCH A THING AS THIS IN THE KING'S HEART, TO BEAUTIFY THE HOUSE OF THE ╠╧╥─ WHICH IS IN ╩ERUSALEM:
┼┌╥ 7:28 ┴ND HATH EXTENDED MERCY UNTO ME BEFORE THE KING, AND HIS COUNSELLORS, AND BEFORE ALL THE KING'S MIGHTY PRINCES. ┴ND ╔ WAS STRENGTHENED AS THE HAND OF THE ╠╧╥─ MY ╟OD WAS UPON ME, AND ╔ GATHERED TOGETHER OUT OF ╔SRAEL CHIEF MEN TO GO UP WITH ME.
