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II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_
2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11)
3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
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DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles
for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception
of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...
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Permission to draw, for further expenditure, upon the king's treasury,
i. e. upon the sums in the local treasury, which the satrap paid
annually out of the tribute money into the king's treasury at Su...
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The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
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2. The letter of Artaxerxes
TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26
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Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra
the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of
the LORD...
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_AND TO CARRY THE SILVER AND GOLD, WHICH THE KING AND HIS COUNSELLORS
HAVE FREELY OFFERED UNTO THE GOD OF ISRAEL, WHOSE HABITATION IS IN
JERUSALEM,_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM
1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted
to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to
the seventh year of Artaxer...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 7
In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the
people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
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(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general
statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of
authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....
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OUT OF THE KING’S TREASURE HOUSE. — Every satrap had his local
treasury. The decree gives Ezra very large powers, but the following
verses add a measure of qualification....
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וּ שְׁאָ֗ר חַשְׁחוּת֙ בֵּ֣ית
אֱלָהָ֔ךְ דִּ֥י...
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A KING'S BOUNTY
Ezra 7:19
Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in
Temple service were exonerated from taxation. Full permission was
given to take all voluntary gifts of...
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Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around
the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the
commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
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_By me. Hebrew, "to spend, take it out of the king's treasure-house."
Septuagint adds, "and from me."_...
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The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church.
And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface
of the matter, and behold the Lord's hand in the direction, to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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AND WHATSOEVER MORE SHALL BE NEEDFUL FOR THE HOUSE OF THY GOD, WHICH
THOU SHALL HAVE OCCASION TO BESTOW,.... For the beautifying and
ornamenting the temple, Ezra 7:27,
BESTOW IT OUT OF THE KING'S TRE...
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which
thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow [it] out of the king's
treasure house.
Ver. 20. _And whatsoever more, &c._] What could...
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_Whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God _
Toward the reparation, or adorning, or completing of it....
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1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem.
11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.
27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour.
[THE KINGS LETTER.]
1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
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And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, in
making needed improvements, WHICH THOU SHALT HAVE OCCASION TO BESTOW,
BESTOW IT OUT OF THE KING'S TREASURE-HOUSE, the royal local trea...
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THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
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EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM
(vv. 1-10)
These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was
and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this,
verses 11 to 26 quoti...
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11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God,
reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in
judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...
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FOR THE HOUSE OF THY GOD; towards the reparation, or adorning, or
completing of it. SEE POOLE ON "EZRA 6:14"....
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Ezra 7:20 more H7606 needed H2819 house H1005 God H426 occasion H5308
(H8748) provide H5415 (H8749) pay...
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ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN
THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS
AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
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EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11).
We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra,
recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this
was...
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CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes.
CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think. When mag...
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Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was
of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth
might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
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_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._
THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE
It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect
good men in the exercise...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to
Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see
note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to
establis...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:19 VESSELS... FOR THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF
YOUR GOD. Artaxerxes adds these to the temple treasures previously
returned by Cyrus, apparently as his own gift. He also allows Ezra...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and
concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain
Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
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EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present
decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It
embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1)
Who is Longimanus of the secular history.
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of...
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Ezra 6:4; Ezra 6:8...