Ezra 7:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 And I king Artaxerxes have given commandment to all the treasurers which are beyond [a]the River, that whatsoever Ezra the Priest and Scribe of the Law of the God of heaven shall require of you, that it be done incontinently,
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, unto an hundred [b]measures of wheat, and unto an hundred [c]baths of wine, and unto an hundred baths of oil, and salt without writing.
23 Whatsoever is by the commandment of the God of heaven, let it be done speedily for the house of the God of heaven: for why should he be wroth [d]against the realm of the King and his children?
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- Ezra 7:21 Which was the river Euphrates, and they were beyond it in respect of Babylon.
- Ezra 7:22 Hebrew, Corim.
- Ezra 7:22 Read 1 Kings 7:26; 2 Chron. 2:10.
- Ezra 7:23 This declareth that the fear of God’s judgments causeth him to use this liberality, and not the love that he bare to God’s glory: or affection to his people.
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