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Ezra 7:12-26

12Artaxerxesאַ֨רְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא'ar.tach.Shast'H783,kingH4430ofkingsH4430,toEzraלְעֶזְרָ֣אle.'ez.Ra'H5831thepriestכָ֠הֲנָאKha.ha.na'H3549, an accomplishedscribeסָפַ֨רsa.FarH5613ofthelawדָּתָ֜אda.Ta'H1882oftheGodאֱלָ֧הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֛אshe.mai.Ya'H8065,andsoforth.

13Ihave givenordersthatalltheyofthepeopleעַמָּ֨ה'a.Mah'H5972ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3479,andoftheirpriestsוְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִיve.kha.ha.No.hiH3549andtheLevitesוְלֵוָיֵ֗אve.le.va.Ye'H3879,inmyrealm,whoaredisposedtogotoJerusalemלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֛םli.ru.she.LemH3390, gowiththee.

14Becausethou artsentbythekingמַלְכָּ֜אmal.Ka'H4430,andbyhissevenוְשִׁבְעַ֤תve.shiv.'AtH7655counsellors,toinquireconcerningH5922Judahיְה֖וּדye.HudH3061andJerusalemוְלִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֑םve.li.ru.she.LemH3390,accordingH4481tothelawבְּדָ֥תbe.DatH1882ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֖ךְ'e.la.HakhH426whichisinthyhandבִידָֽךְ׃vi.DakhH3028;

15andtocarrythesilverכְּסַ֣ףke.SafH3702andgoldוּדְהַ֑בu.de.HavH1722whichthekingמַלְכָּ֣אmal.Ka'H4430andhiscounsellorshavefreelyהִתְנַדַּ֙בוּ֙hit.na.Da.vuH5069offeredH5069totheGodלֶאֱלָ֣הּle.'e.LahH426ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3479,whosehabitationisatJerusalemבִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖םvi.ru.she.LemH3390,

16andallthesilverכְּסַ֣ףke.SafH3702andgoldוּדְהַ֔בu.de.HavH1722thatthou canstfindתְהַשְׁכַּ֔חte.hash.KachH7912inalltheprovinceמְדִינַ֣תme.di.NatH4083ofBabylonבָּבֶ֑לba.VelH895, besidesthevoluntaryofferingH5069ofthepeopleעַמָּ֤א'a.Ma'H5972,andofthepriestsוְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ve.kha.ha.nai.Ya'H3549,whoofferwillinglyforthehouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1005oftheirGodאֱלָהֲהֹ֖ם'e.la.ha.HomH426whichisatJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃vi.ru.she.LemH3390.

17Thereforethou shaltbuydiligentlyאָסְפַּ֨רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'H629withthismoneybullocks,ramsדִּכְרִין֙dikh.RinH1798,lambsאִמְּרִ֔ין'i.me.RinH563,withtheiroblationsandtheirdrink-offerings,andofferthemuponthealtarofthehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1005ofyourGodאֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם'e.la.ha.KhomH426whichisatJerusalemבִירוּשְׁלֶֽם׃vi.ru.she.LemH3390.

18Andwhatevershall seemgoodtotheeandtothy brethrentodowiththerestבִּשְׁאָ֛רbish.'ArH7606ofthesilverכַּסְפָּ֥אkas.Pa'H3702andthegoldוְדַהֲבָ֖הve.da.ha.Vah'H1722,thatdoaccordingtothewillofyourGodאֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם'e.la.ha.KhomH426.

19Andthevesselsוּמָֽאנַיָּא֙u.ma.nai.Ya'H3984thathave beengiventheefortheserviceofthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1005ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֑ךְ'e.la.HakhH426,deliverbeforetheGodאֱלָ֥הּ'e.LahH426ofJerusalemיְרוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ye.ru.she.LemH3390.

20AndwhatevermoreH4481shallbeneedfulforthehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1005ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֔ךְ'e.la.HakhH426whichthou shalthaveoccasiontobestow, bestow it outoftheking'streasurehouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1005.

21AndI,IArtaxerxesאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא'ar.tach.Shast'H783thekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,dogiveorderstoallthetreasurersthatarebeyondtheriverנַהֲרָ֑הna.ha.Rah'H5103,thatwhateverEzraעֶזְרָ֨א'ez.Ra'H5831thepriestכָהֲנָ֜הkha.ha.Nah'H3549andscribeסָפַ֤רsa.FarH5613ofthelawדָּתָא֙da.Ta'H1882oftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065shallrequireofyou, itbedonediligentlyאָסְפַּ֖רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'H629,

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

23WhateveriscommandedbytheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֔אshe.mai.Ya'H8065, letitbecarefullydoneforthehouseלְבֵ֖יתle.VeitH1005oftheGodאֱלָ֣הּ'e.LahH426oftheheavensשְׁמַיָּ֑אshe.mai.Ya'H8065;forwhyלְמָ֤הle.MahH4101shouldtherebewrathagainsttherealmofthekingמַלְכָּ֖אmal.Ka'H4430andhissons?

24Alsoweinformyou,asregardsallthepriestsכָּהֲנַיָּ֣אka.ha.nai.Ya'H3549andLevitesוְ֠לֵוָיֵאVe.le.va.ye'H3879,singers,doorkeepers,Nethinim,andministersofthishouseבֵּ֖יתbeitH1005ofGodH426,itshallnotbelawfultoimposetributeמִנְדָּ֤הmin.DahH4061,tax,andtollוַהֲלָ֔ךְva.ha.LakhH1983upon them.

25Andthou,Ezraעֶזְרָ֗א'ez.Ra'H5831, afterthewisdomכְּחָכְמַ֨תke.cha.khe.MatH2452ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֤ךְ'e.la.HakhH426,whichisinthyhandבִידָךְ֙vi.doKhH3028, setmagistratesandjudgeswhomay judgeallthepeopleעַמָּה֙'a.Mah'H5972thatarebeyondtheriverנַהֲרָ֔הna.ha.Rah'H5103,allsuchasknowH3046thelawsH1882ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֑ךְ'e.la.HakhH426;andteachye himthatknowsH3046[them]not.

26AndwhosoeverwillnotdothelawH1882ofthyGodאֱלָהָ֗ךְ'e.la.HakhH426andthelawH1882ofthekingמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430, letjudgmentbeexecuteddiligentlyאָסְפַּ֕רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'H629uponhim,whetheruntodeath,ortobanishment,ortoconfiscationofgoods,ortoimprisonment.

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