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Ezra 3:7

They gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre to bring cedar logs from Lebanon to Joppa by sea, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

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ASV

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

KJV

They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּ֨תְּנוּ־vai.Yi.te.nu-and people gaveH5414 →
כֶ֔סֶףKhe.sefmoneyH3701 →
לַחֹצְבִ֖יםla.cho.tze.Vimto the masonsH2672 →
וְלֶחָרָשִׁ֑יםve.le.cha.ra.Shimand to the craftsmenH2796 →
וּמַאֲכָ֨לu.ma.'a.Khaland foodH3978 →
וּמִשְׁתֶּ֜הu.mish.Tehand drinkH4960 →
וָשֶׁ֗מֶןva.She.menand oilH8081 →
לַצִּֽדֹנִים֙la.tzi.do.Nimto the SidoniansH6722 →
וְלַצֹּרִ֔יםve.la.tzo.Rimand to the TyriansH6876 →
לְהָבִיא֩le.ha.Vi'to bringH935 →
עֲצֵ֨י'a.Tzeiwood<s> ofH6086 →
אֲרָזִ֤ים'a.ra.Zimcedar<s>H730 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הַלְּבָנוֹן֙ha.le.va.nOn<the> LebanonH3844 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יָ֣םyam[the] sea ofH3220 →
יָפ֔וֹאya.Fo'JoppaH3305 →
כְּרִשְׁי֛וֹןke.rish.Yonaccording to [the] permission ofH7558 →
כּ֥וֹרֶשׁKo.reshCyrusH3566 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
פָּרַ֖סpa.RasPersiaH6539 →
עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ פ'a.lei.Hemto themH5921 →

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1 Kings 5:9My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”1 Kings 5:6Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”Acts 9:36In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.Acts 12:20Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.1 Chronicles 14:1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.Haggai 1:8Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD.Jonah 1:3Jonah, however, got up to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard to sail for Tarshish, away from the presence of the LORD.Ezekiel 27:17Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged wheat from Minnith, cakes and honey, oil and balm for your merchandise.2 Chronicles 24:12–13Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.2 Chronicles 2:10–16I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”1 Kings 5:9–11My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”Ezra 6:3–5In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,2 Kings 22:5–6And let them deliver it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn are to give it to the workmen repairing the damages to the house of the LORD—2 Kings 12:11–12Then they would put the counted money into the hands of those who supervised the work on the house of the LORD, who in turn would pay those doing the work—the carpenters, builders,Ezra 1:2–4“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.Acts 10:5–6Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.2 Chronicles 2:16We will cut logs from Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will float them to you as rafts by sea down to Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”2 Chronicles 34:10They put it into the hands of the supervisors of those doing the work of the house of the LORD, who in turn gave it to the workmen restoring and repairing the house of the LORD.

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