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.
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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.
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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 they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go with thee to Jerusalem, go.
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Passages linked to Ezra 7:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezra 6:1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.
- 2 Chronicles 30:5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to Yahweh, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem, for they had not kept it in great numbers in the way it is written.
- Ezra 1:3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
- Esther 3:15 The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
- Esther 9:14 The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
- Psalms 110:3 Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
- Psalms 148:6 He has also established them forever and ever. He has made a decree which will not pass away.
- Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which remained as yet in Babylon and had not…
Which remained as yet in Babylon and had not returned with Zerubbabel.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 7:13 I make a decree, that all they…
Ezr 7:13 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.
Ver. 13. And of his priests] sc. The God of heaven’s priests, Ezr 7:12, and therefore honoured and respected by this great monarch; so was Samuel by Saul, Jaddus by Alexander the Great; the Bards (anciently) here in Albion by the greatest commanders.
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Which are minded of their own freewill] He would compel none; neither doth Almighty God. His people are all volunteers, Psa 110:3 Isa 56:6; he finds them not so, but makes them so; and accounts that Virtus nolentium nulla est. Lex voluntaries quaerit The courage of the unwilling is nothing. The law seeks volunteers. (Ambrose in Psa 1:1-6). God accepts a freewill offering, and commands us to come off roundly and readily in his service.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and…
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors,.... Such a number the kings of Persia used to have from the times of Darius Hystaspis, who was chosen out of seven nobles to be king, and ever after the Persian kings had seven counsellors privileged, as those nobles were, Est 1:14, and Ezra had the honour to be sent with a commission from this king and his seven counsellors:
to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem; the inhabitants thereof, whether they had knowledge of and behaved
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according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; a copy of which he had with him, and was very expert in and conversant with, and could readily and at once pass judgment whether they acted according to it or not.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. Their own free-will] None shall be forced…
Verse 13. Their own free-will] None shall be forced either to go or to stay. He who loves his God will avail himself of this favourable opportunity.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Permission to Jews to return with Ezra to…
13. Permission to Jews to return with Ezra to Jerusalem.
I make a decree] The same phrase as in Ezr_4:19, Ezr_6:8; Ezr_6:11.
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all they of the people of Israel] Cf. Cyrus’s decree Ezr_1:3 ‘Whosoever there is among all his people’. Here, by the side of ‘the priests and Levites’, the expression, as in Ezr_7:27, should be compared with Ezr_2:2.
of his priests] R.V. their priests, i.e. the priests of the people.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All they of the people of Israel. The decree…
All they of the people of Israel. The decree of Artaxerxes is as wide in its terms as the proclamation of Cyrus, (Ezr_1:3) and gives permission not to the Jews only, but to all Israelites of whatever tribe, to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem. That Israelites of all the tribes actually went up to Jerusalem on the occasion seems indicated by the "twelve bullocks for all Israel," which those who returned with Ezra offered on their arrival to the "God of Israel". (see Ezr_8:35)
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