Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Ezra 7:23
Literally, as in the margin, i. e., Whatsoever is commanded in the Law with respect to the temple service.
Literally, as in the margin, i. e., Whatsoever is commanded in the Law with respect to the temple service.
Verse 23. _WHY SHOULD THERE BE WRATH_] As he believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily, knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and...
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)...
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...
DILIGENTLY. quickly, exactly.. Persian word, _, adrazda_ Occurs only here. WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
_Whatsoever_is _commanded_&c. literally, "Whatsoever is from the commandment", same word as in Ezra 6:14. _let it be diligently done_ R.V. LET IT BE DONE EXACTLY. The word in the original -adrazda", o...
The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
DISCOURSE: 436 THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES Ezra 7:23. _Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven_. WE are accustomed in divine ordinances...
2. The letter of Artaxerxes TEXT, EZRA 7:11-26 11 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...
_WHATSOEVER IS COMMANDED BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN, LET IT BE DILIGENTLY DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN: FOR WHY SHOULD THERE BE WRATH AGAINST THE REALM OF THE KING AND HIS SONS?_ NO JFB COMMENTAR...
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...
WHY SHOULD THERE BE WRATH, etc.] The piety of the Persian kings led them to seek the favour of the deities worshipped by the different nationalities under their sway: cp. Leviticus 6:10....
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...
(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....
WHATSOEVER IS COMMANDED BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN. — The last is the strongest ground for such an ample authorisation. In the solemn and devout firman the phrase “the God of heaven” occurs twice, and the P...
כָּל ־דִּ֗י מִן ־טַ֨עַם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א י
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...
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...
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath (n) against the realm of the king and his sons? (n) This decl...
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...
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...
WHATSOEVER IS COMMANDED BY THE GOD OF HEAVEN,.... In the law given by Moses to the people of Israel: LET IT BE DILIGENTLY DONE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN; for the service of it, particularly...
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? Ver. 23. _For why...
_Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done_ Here Jacobus Capellus cries out in a kind of rapture, “O, words to be written upon the palaces of kings, in golden letters, an...
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...
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? Artaxerxies believ...
THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
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...
WHATSOEVER IS COMMANDED: _ Heb._ whatsoever is of the decree...
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...
For the omission of any part of his worship occasioned by my neglect. This danger and duty he discerned, partly by natural light, and principally by the information of Ezra, EZRA 8:22, who had the kin...
Ezra 7:23 Whatever H3606 commanded H2941 by H4481 God H426 heaven H8065 diligently H149 done H5648 (H8725) house...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done._ THE DECREE OF ARTAXERZES It is remarkable that some of the richest effusions of poetry in the whole Scriptures proceeded fr...
_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...
ABSOLUTELY IT Let it be done exactly. Ezra 7:23. The other day I watched a girl sewing. Round her neck she had hung an inch-tape, and every now and then she stopped sewing, took her inch-tape, and m...
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...
EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:23 In making these provisions (v. Ezra 7:22), the king may have been hoping to keep away God’s WRATH against himself (the KING)...
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...
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...
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...
Ezra 6:10; Ezra 7:13; Ezra 7:18; Psalms 119:4; Zechariah 12:3...