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Ezra 7:13

7:12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. unto: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

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I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with you.

7:14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; of the king: Chaldee, from before the king

What does Ezra 7:13 mean?

Ezra 7:13 is a verse in the book of Ezra, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include מִן (min), שׂוּם (sûwm), טְעֵם (ṭᵉʻêm).

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Iמִןmin/min/H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}
makeשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7761{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}
a
decree,טְעֵםṭᵉʻêm/teh-ame'/H2942properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)
that
allכֹּלkôl/kole/H3606{properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)}
they
ofמִןmin/min/H4481{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}
the
peopleעַםʻam/am/H5972{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
of
Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3479{Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity}
and
of
his
priestsכָּהֵןkâhên/kaw-hane'/H3549{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
and
Levites,לֵוִיLêvîy/lay-vee'/H3879{something attached, i.e. a wreath}
in
my
realm,מַלְכוּmalkûw/mal-koo'/H4437dominion (abstractly or concretely)
which
are
minded
of
their
own
freewillנְדַבnᵉdab/ned-ab'/H5069be (or give) liberal(-ly)
to
go
upהוּךְhûwk/hook/H1946to go; causatively, to bring
to
Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלֵםYᵉrûwshâlêm/yer-oo-shaw-lame'/H3390{Jerusalem}
goהוּךְhûwk/hook/H1946to go; causatively, to bring
with
thee.עִםʻim/eem/H5974{adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)}

Commentary on Ezra 7:13

HENRY_FULL · Ezra 7:13–14
caps">Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. These last two verses of this book have a double aspect. 1. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished, v. 22 . God had, by him, promised the restoring of the captives and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, at the end of seventy years; and that time to favour Sion, that set time, came at last. After a long and dark night the day-spring from on high visited them. God will be found true to every word he has spoken. 2. They look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with the repetition of these last two verses . They are there the introduction to a pleasant story; here they are the conclusion of a very melancholy one; and so we learn from them that, though God's church be cast down, it is not cast off, though his people be corrected, they are not abandoned, though thrown into the furnace, yet not lost there, nor left there any longer than till the dross be separated. Though God contend long, he will not contend always. The Israel of God shall be fetched out of Babylon in due time, and even the dry bones made to live. It may be long first; but the vision is for an appointed time, and at the end it shall speak and not lie; therefore, though it tarry, wait for it.

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Ezra 7:13.

Daniel 4:6

Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

Daniel 3:29

Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. I make: Cald. a decree is made by me any: Cald. error cut: Cald. made pieces

Ezra 6:12

And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

Ezra 6:16

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, the children of the captivity: Chaldee, the sons of the transportation

Ezra 7:21

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,

Daniel 2:30

But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. but for: or, but for the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king

Daniel 2:35

Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

Daniel 2:39

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

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What does Ezra 7:13 say?

Ezra 7:13 (King James Version) reads: "I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee."

Is Ezra 7:13 in the Old or New Testament?

Ezra 7:13 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ezra.

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