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Ezra 7:14

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You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thy hand,

KJV

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

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This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

For you have been sent from the presence of the king and his seven advisors, etc. And in the book of Esther, we read that it was the custom of the Persian kings to use the counsel of seven wise men in all matters to …

This site's exposition

Now this is the copy

on Ezra 7:11-14

The chapter turns to the copy of the letter itself, the king's own document quoted rather than summarized, and from here through verse 26 the text runs in Aramaic, the empire's working language for its own filed correspondence. Artaxerxes styles himself king of kings, a title Clarke notes as at least partly true of the Persian throne, over subject kings who kept their own name and authority. The grant is voluntary, minded of their own freewill to go up, and Ezra travels as one sent of the king and his seven counsellors, a council named again in Esther's court, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem by the law already in his hand.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Secondly, he was empowered to carry a large donation in money, partly from the royal treasury and partly raised by voluntary contributions among his countrymen, to create a fund out of which to make suitable provision for maintaining the regular worship of God in Jerusalem (Ezr 7:16, 17).

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

Because of this Because of this, you are sent from the king and his seven advisors who saw the king’s face.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezra 7:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
An order is issued by me The authorization emanates from me that whoever of Israel, of the priests, or of the Levites, whose heart prompts him to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Ezra 7:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כָּל־as to

    kol-

  • קֳבֵ֗לbecause

    kovelH6903 →29 times

  • דִּי֩that

    diH1768 →345 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4481 →109 times

  • קֳדָ֨םbefore

    kodamH6925 →42 times

  • מַלְכָּ֜אking the

    malka'H4430 →180 times

  • וְשִׁבְעַ֤תand seven

    veshivatH7655 →

  • יָעֲטֹ֙הִי֙counselors his

    yaatohiH3272 →

  • שְׁלִ֔יחַ[you are] sent

    sheliachH7972 →14 times

  • לְבַקָּרָ֥אto enquire

    levakara'H1240 →5 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5922 →104 times

  • יְה֖וּדJudah

    yehudH3061 →7 times

  • וְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑םand to Jerusalem

    velirushelemH3390 →26 times

  • בְּדָ֥תin [the] law of

    bedatH1882 →14 times

  • אֱלָהָ֖ךְGod your

    ʾelahakhH426 →95 times

  • דִּ֥יwhich

    diH1768 →345 times

  • בִידָֽךְ׃[is] in hand your

    vidakhH3028 →17 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Esther 1:14His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.4 worksIsaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.2 worksEzra 7:28and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.2 worksDaniel 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”2 worksEzra 5:8Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.2 worksDeuteronomy 17:18–19When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezra 6:12May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.2 worksEzra 7:15Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,2 worksEzra 8:25and I weighed out to them the contribution of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his counselors, his leaders, and all the Israelites there had offered for the house of our God.2 worksEzra 1:3Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.2 worksEzra 7:25–26And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.2 worksDaniel 6:20When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”2 worksDaniel 6:26I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.2 worksEsther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 8:20

    To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

    it leads to

    • 2 Peter 1:19

      We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day…

    • 2 Timothy 3:15–17

      From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

    • Psalms 119:130

      The unfolding of Your words gives light; it informs the simple.

    • John 5:39

      You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

    • Acts 17:11

      Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

  • Through

    Daniel 2:47

    The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”

    it leads to

    • Daniel 2:22

      He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.

    • Daniel 2:28

      But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…

    • Amos 3:7

      Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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