Ezra 7:26

And if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

25And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

27Praise be to the Lord, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing into the heart of the king, to make fair the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem;

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Cross References

Exodus 21:1Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

Deuteronomy 13:1If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

2 Chronicles 30:12And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

Ezra 10:4Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.

Psalms 52:5\52:3\You have more love for evil than for good, for deceit than for works of righteousness. (Selah.)

Daniel 6:26\6:25\Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations, and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be increased.

Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:12-27

The Decree of Artaxerxes. ( b. c. 457.) 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord , and of his statutes to Israel. 12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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