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Ezra 7:21-24

21AndI,evenIArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,domakeadecreeטְעֵ֔םte.'EmH2942toallthetreasurersthatarebeyondtheRiverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103,thatwhatsoeverEzraעֶזְרָ֨א'ez.Ra'H5831thepriestכָהֲנָ֜הkha.ha.Nah'H3549,thescribeסָפַ֤רsa.FarH5613ofthelawדָּתָא֙da.Ta'H1882oftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, shallrequireofyou, itbedonewithalldiligence,

22untoahundredמְאָה֒me.'AhH3969talentsofsilverכְּסַף֮ke.SafH3702,andtoahundredמְאָ֔הme.'AhH3969measuresofwheat,andtoahundredמְאָ֔הme.'AhH3969bathsבַּתִּ֣יןba.TinH1325ofwineחֲמַר֙cha.MarH2562,andtoahundredמְאָ֑הme.'AhH3969bathsבַּתִּ֥יןba.TinH1325ofoilמְשַׁ֖חme.ShachH4887,andsaltוּמְלַ֖חu.me.LachH4416withoutprescribing how much.

23WhatsoeveriscommandedbytheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, letitbedoneexactlyforthehouseלְבֵ֖יתle.VeitH1005oftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426ofheavenשְׁמַיָּ֑אshe.mai.Ya'H8065;forwhyלְמָ֤הle.MahH4101shouldtherebewrathagainsttherealmofthekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430andhissons?

24Alsowecertifyyou,thattouchinganyofthepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֣אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549andLevitesוְ֠לֵוָיֵאVe.le.va.ye'H3879,thesingers, porters,Nethinim,orservantsofthishouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1005ofGodH426,itshallnotbelawfultoimposetributeמִנְדָּ֤הmin.DahH4061,custom,ortollוַהֲלָ֔ךְva.ha.LakhH1983, upon them.

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