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Ezra 7:26-28
English Standard Version Anglicised
Ezra 7:26-28
English Standard Version Anglicised
26 Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgement be strictly executed on him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment.”
27 (A)Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, (B)who put such a thing as this into the heart of the king, to beautify the house of the Lord that is in Jerusalem, 28 (C)and who extended to me his steadfast love before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty officers. I took courage, for the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me.
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Ezra 7:26-28
New International Version
Ezra 7:26-28
New International Version
26 Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the king must surely be punished by death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.[a](A)
27 Praise be to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s heart(B) to bring honor(C) to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem in this way 28 and who has extended his good favor(D) to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me,(E) I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
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- Ezra 7:26 The text of 7:12-26 is in Aramaic.
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