Ezra 7:23
Whatsoever is due to an edict of the God of the heavens, let it be done diligently, for the house of the God of the heavens,—for wherefore should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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Exodus 5:3And they said, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us,—let us go, we pray thee, a journey of three days into the desert and sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with sword.
Ezra 7:13From me, is issued an edict, that, every one in my kingdom, of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, who is minded of his own freewill to go to Jerusalem, with thee, let him go.
Psalms 119:4Thou, hast commanded thy precepts, that they should be diligently kept.
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 →