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Verse 22. _A HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER_] The talent of silver was
450_£_.
_A HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT_] A hundred _cors_; each _cor_ was a
little more than _seventy-five gallons, one quart_, and _a...
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This verse assigns limits to the permission of Ezra 7:20. As the
Persian tribute was paid partly in money and partly in kind (see Ezra
4:13 note), the treasuries would be able to supply them as readil...
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II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION
CHAPTER 7
_ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_
2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11)
3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...
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DECREE OF ARTAXERXES. This decree granted a further return of exiles
for the purpose of reorganising the Temple worship. With the exception
of the introductory words of Ezra 7:11, this section is in A...
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WINE. Compare Ezra 6:9. Hebrew. _chemer._ App-27.
WITHOUT PRESCRIBING HOW MUCH. without measure....
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_unto an hundred talents_of _silver_ or £37, 500. Money reckoned by
weight. A -kikkar" or talent of silver was of value about £375. A
talent contained 60 manim or 3000 shekels, cf. on Ezra 2:69.
_an h...
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The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
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2. The letter of Artaxerxes
TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26
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Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra
the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of
the LORD...
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_UNTO 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._
An hundred talents of...
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7:22 measures (b-11) _ Koreen_ , same as Hebrew _ cor_ . see Note, 2
Chronicles 27:5 ....
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TALENTS.. MEASURES.. BATHS] The 'talent' used by the early Hebrews
weighed 96 lb., the Persian talent was 66 lb. A 'measure' (Heb. _cor_)
contained 83 gallons, a 'bath' a little more than 8 gallons. T...
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THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM
1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted
to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to
the seventh year of Artaxer...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 7
In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the
people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...
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(11-26) Credentials and commission of Ezra. After the general
statement the particulars are given, beginning with the letter of
authorisation, in which we discern throughout the hand of Ezra....
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UNTO AN HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER ... — A certain restriction is
laid upon the amount, although the very restriction seems almost
indefinite. The silver might reach £24,000 sterling. As to the rest,
P...
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עַד ־כְּסַף֮ כַּכְּרִ֣ין מְאָה֒ וְ
עַד ־חִנְט
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A KING'S BOUNTY
Ezra 7:19
Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in
Temple service were exonerated from taxation. Full permission was
given to take all voluntary gifts of...
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Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around
the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the
commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...
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Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of
wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred (m) baths of
oil, and salt without prescribing [how much].
(m) Read (1 Kings...
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CHAPTER VII.
_ Salt was used in all the sacrifices, Leviticus ii. 13. In 3 Esdras
no mention is made of oil or salt; but we read, "and all other things
in abundance."_...
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The several features in this grant were all in favor of the church.
And how strange would it seem did we not look deeper than the surface
of the matter, and behold the Lord's hand in the direction, to...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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UNTO ONE HUNDRED TALENTS OF SILVER,.... Which amounted to 35,300
pounds sterling; these, according to Jarchi, were to buy the offerings
or sacrifices with:
AND AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF WHEAT; or corn,...
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Unto 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].
Ver. 22. _Unto an hun...
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_Salt, without prescribing how much_ He limits all the other expenses,
except salt, which was of low price, and of very common and necessary
use in all their sacrifices; and therefore, since he would...
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1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem.
11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra.
27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour.
[THE KINGS LETTER.]
1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...
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EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM
(vv. 1-10)
These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was
and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this,
verses 11 to 26 quoti...
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MEASURES:
Chald, cores...
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11-26 The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God,
reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in
judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christian...
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Because it was but of mean price, and of very common and necessary use
in all their sacrifices, LEVITICUS 2:13 MARK 9:49....
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Ezra 7:22 up H5705 hundred H3969 talents H3604 silver H3702 hundred
H3969 kors H3734 wheat H2591 hundred H3969 baths...
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THE LETTER TO THE TREASURERS IN BEYOND THE RIVER A COPY OF WHICH IS
INCLUDED IN ARTAXERXES LETTER (EZRA 7:21).
It will be noted that there is in these verses an opening address,
followed by the detail...
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EZRA'S COMMISSION FROM THE PERSIAN KING ARTAXERXES (EZRA 7:11).
We are now provided with a copy of Artaxerxes' decree to Ezra,
recorded in its original Imperial Aramaic. We must remember that this
was...
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ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN
THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS
AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...
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CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes.
CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all
that we ask or think. When mag...
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Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was
of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth
might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...
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_Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes._
THE OFFICE AND DUTY OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE
It is the office of a Christian magistrate to encourage and protect
good men in the exercise...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to
Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see
note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to
establis...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:22 The talent was 75 pounds (34 kg). The amount
of SILVER has been estimated at a quarter to a third of all the annual
taxes paid in the province Beyond the River. The WHEAT, wine
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and
concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain
Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...
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EXPOSITION
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (Ezra 7:11). The present
decree was of the nature of a _firman _granted to an individual. It
embodied, in the first place, a certain number of...
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Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1)
Who is Longimanus of the secular history.
Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of...
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Ezekiel 45:14; Leviticus 2:13; Luke 16:6; Luke 16:7...