The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[Deade]

Ezra 6:6 (RSV)

“Now therefore, Tat′tenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, She′thar-boz′enai, and your associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away;

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:7 (RSV)

let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezra 6:8 (ERV)
Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:9 (ASV)

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt-offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:10 (ASV)

that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezra 6:11 (ERV)
Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this:

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:12 (ASV)

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

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:13 (ASV)

Then Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezra 6:14 (ERV)
And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the decree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:15 (ESV)

and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:16 (ESV)

And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezra 6:17 (ERV)
And they offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:18 (ESV)

And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:19 (ESV)

Passover Celebrated​

19. On the fourteenth day of the first month, the returned exiles kept the Passover.

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Ezra 6:20 (JPS Tanakh 1917)
For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure; and they killed the passover lamb for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:21 (RSV)

it was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.

 

[Deade]

Ezra 6:22 (RSV)

And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

 

[Chester]

Ezra 7:1 KJV Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

 

[Chester]

Ezra 7:2 KJV

The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

 

[Chester]

Ezra 7:3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,