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Ezra 7:1–10

7:1 Ezra arrives in Yerushalem

7 Many years later in the reign of Persian King Artahshashta (Artaxerxes), Ezra (son of Serayah, son of Azaryah, son of Hilkiyah, 2 son of Shalum, son of Tsadok, son of Ahituv, 3 son of Amaryah, son of Azaryah, son of Merayot, 4 son of Zerahyah, son of Uzi, son of Buki, 5 son of Avishua, the son of Pinhas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon (Aaron) the head priest) 6 was a skilled expert in the law that Yisrael’s (Israel) god Yahweh had given through Mosheh (Moses). With the favour of his god Yahweh helping Ezra, the king had granted all his requests, and he travelled from Bavel (Babylon) to Yerushalem (Jerusalem). 7 Some Israelis, including some priests and Levites, singers and gatekeepers, and some temple servants travelled to Yerushalem in the seventh year of Artahshashta’s reign.8-9 They left Bavel on New Year’s Day (in early April) and with God’s favour on the journey, arrived in Yerushalem exactly four months later 10 because Ezra had made a firm resolution to study Yahweh’s written instructions, and to carefully follow them, and to teach them in Yisrael.

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7 And_after the_things the_these in_the _reign _of ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the _king _of Pāraş ˊEzrāʼ the _son _of Sərā^yāh the _son _of ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Ḩilqiy^yāh.

2 The _son _of Shallūm the _son _of Tsādōq/(Zadok) the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ.

3 The _son _of ʼAmar^yāh the _son _of ˊAzar^yāh the _son _of Mərāyōt.

4 The _son _of Zəraḩ^yāh the _son _of ˊUzziy the _son _of Buqqiy.

5 The _son _of ʼAⱱīshūˊa the _son _of Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer the_head.

6 That ˊEzrāʼ he _came _up from_Bāⱱel and_he was_a _scribe skilled in_the _law _of Mosheh which YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _had _given and_he _gave to_him/it the_king according_to _the _hand _of YHWH his/its_god on/upon/above_him/it all _of request _of_his.

7 And_ from_(the)_sons of _Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_from the_priests and_the_Lēviyyiy and_the_singers and_the_gatekeepers and_the _temple_servants _they _came _up to Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) in_year seven of_ʼArtaḩshashtāʼ the_king.

8 And_he _came Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) in_month (the)_fifth it was_the _year _of (of)_the_seventh of_king.

9 If/because on_day_one of_month (the)_first it was_the _beginning _of the _going _up from_Bāⱱel and_on_day_one of_month (the)_fifth he _came to Yərūshelēm/(Jerusalem) according_to _the _hand _of his/its_god (the)_good on/upon/above_him/it.

10 If/because ˊEzrāʼ he _had _directed heart _of_his to_study DOM the _law _of YHWH and_to_do_it and_to_teach in_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) decree and_judgement.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section EZRA 7:1

Ezra arrives in Yerushalem

Ezra 7:1–10