Ezra 7:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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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  • Ezra 6:1 : 1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
  • Esth 3:15 : 15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
  • Esth 9:14 : 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
  • Ps 148:6 : 6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heath say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life fely.
  • 2 Chr 30:5 : 5 So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
  • Ezra 1:3 : 3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
  • Ezra 5:13 : 13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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  • Ezra 7:18-28
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    85%

    18And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

    19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

    20And 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.

    21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever a the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

    22Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

    23Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

    24Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.

    25And thou, a, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

    26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

    27Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

    28And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellers, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

  • Ezra 7:9-12
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    80%

    9For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

    10For a had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

    11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto a the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

    12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto a the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

  • Ezra 7:14-16
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    14Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

    15And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

    16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

  • Ezra 7:6-7
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    6This a went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.

    7And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

  • Ezra 6:7-8
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    7Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.

    8Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

  • Neh 2:5-7
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    77%

    5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.

    6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy joury be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

    7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;

  • 2 Chr 36:23
    74%

    23Thus 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 an 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.

  • Ezra 10:7
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    7And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

  • Ezra 1:3-6
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    73%

    3Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

    4And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

    5Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

    6And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

  • Ezra 5:17
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    17Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.

  • Ezra 6:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12And 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.

    13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.

  • Ezra 10:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

    4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

    5Then arose a, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

  • Ezra 8:36
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    36And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.

  • Ezra 8:17
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    17And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

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

  • Neh 13:6
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    6But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtaid I leave of the king:

  • Neh 8:13
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    13And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law.

  • Neh 13:30
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    30Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every o in his busiss;

  • Neh 12:1
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    1Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

  • Neh 7:5-6
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    5And my God put into mi heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckod by gealogy. And I found a register of the gealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein,

    6These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom buchadzzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every o unto his city;

  • Ezra 5:13
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    13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

  • Ezra 4:3
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    3But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.