Ezra 7:21 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 7:21

I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,

BSB

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ASV

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that 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 with all diligence,

KJV

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,

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river,.... The receivers of his tribute, tax, and custom, beyond the river Euphrates, on the side towards the land of Israel: that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven; see Ezr 7:12, shall require of you, it be done speedily; which seems at first a grant at large for whatsoever he should want or demand, but is limited and restrained by what follows.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

All the treasurers - The Persian system of taxing the provinces through the satraps involved the establishment in each province of at least one local treasury.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּ֠מִנִּי	U.mi.ni	and from me	H4481 →
אֲנָ֞ה	'a.Nah	I	H576 →
אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא	'ar.tach.Shast'	Artaxerxes	H783 →
מַלְכָּא֙	mal.Ka'	king the	H4430 →
שִׂ֣ים	sim	it is made	H7761 →
טְעֵ֔ם	te.'Em	a decree	H2942 →
לְכֹל֙	le.Khol	to all	H3606 →
גִּזַּֽבְרַיָּ֔א	gi.zav.rai.Ya'	treasurers the	H1490 →
דִּ֖י	di	who	H1768 →
בַּעֲבַ֣ר	ba.'a.Var	[are] in [the] region beyond	H5675 →
נַהֲרָ֑ה	na.ha.Rah'	river the	H5103 →
דִּ֣י	di	that	H1768 →
כָל־	khol-	all	H3606 →
דִּ֣י	di	that	H1768 →
יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן	Yish.'a.len.khon	he will ask for you	H7593 →
עֶזְרָ֨א	'ez.Ra'	Ezra	H5831 →
כָהֲנָ֜ה	kha.ha.Nah'	priest the	H3549 →
סָפַ֤ר	sa.Far	[the] scribe of	H5613 →
דָּתָא֙	da.Ta'	law the	H1882 →
דִּֽי־	di-	of	H1768 →
אֱלָ֣הּ	'e.Lah	[the] God of	H426 →
שְׁמַיָּ֔א	she.mai.Ya'	heavens the	H8065 →
אָסְפַּ֖רְנָא	'a.se.Par.na'	diligently	H629 →
יִתְעֲבִֽד׃	yit.'a.Vid	let it be done	H5648 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Ezra 7:6
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…
leads to
- Ezra 8:22
  For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God…
- Ezra 7:28
  and 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…
- Ezra 8:31
  On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…
- Nehemiah 2:18
  I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this…
- Nehemiah 2:8
  And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the…
Through
Ezra 6:6
Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!
leads to
- Ezra 5:3
  At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
Through
Ezra 4:20
And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
leads to
- 1 Kings 4:21
  And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of…
- Genesis 15:18
  On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—