Ezra 8:36
34 By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD.
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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- BSB
- They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
- KJV
- And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
- WEB
- They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s local governors and to the governors beyond the River. So they supported the people and God’s house.
- ASV
- And they delivered the king`s commissions unto the king`s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
- DARBY
- And they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps, and to the governors on this side the river. And they furthered the people and the house of God.
- BLB
- And they delivered the laws of the king to the satraps of the king and the governors beyond the River, and they lifted up the people and the house of God.
- ÅB
- Så overgav de kongens befalinger til kongens stattholdere og landshøvdinger hinsides elven, og de dro omsorg både for folket og for Guds hus.
[^1]: sml. ESR 2, 13. - OTB
- De overleverte også kongens ordre til kongens satraper og guvernørene i provinsene bortenfor Eufrat, som deretter støttet folket og Guds hus.
- B1930
- Så overgav de kongens befalinger til kongens stattholdere og landshøvdinger hinsides elven, og de drog omsorg både for folket og for Guds hus.
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Original text and word study
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Ezra 7:21–24
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Read in contextEzra 6:13
Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
Read in contextEzra 5:6–17
The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:
Read in contextActs 18:27
And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
Read in contextRevelation 12:16
And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
Read in contextEzra 4:7–23
And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
Read in contextIsaiah 56:6–7
Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;
Read in contextEsther 9:3
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
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