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Verse 26. _WHETHER_ IT BE _UNTO DEATH_] These include almost _every_
species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any
civilized state. With this verse the _Chaldee_ part of this chap...
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BANISHMENT - literally, as in the margin. Separation from the
congregation is probably intended (compare Ezra 10:8)....
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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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TO BANISHMENT: or exclusion from the assembly. Chaldee. to rooting
out. Occurs only here....
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The contents of the letter are given in Aramaic....
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Penalty for Contumacy.
_whosoever will not do_ i.e. whoever of the Israelite race or of those
that had attached themselves to the Jewish religion.
_speedily_ R.V. WITH ALL DILIGENCE.
_death … banis...
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_VER._ 26. _THE LAW OF THE KING_— i.e. Says Bishop Patrick, this
decree which was made in favour of the Jews, whereby they were
authorized to use the laws of Moses: in any case where these were
doubtf...
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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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_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...
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7:26 banishment, (c-29) Lit. 'uprooting.'...
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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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BANISHMENT] or exclusion from the congregation: cp. Leviticus 10:8....
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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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LET JUDGMENT BE EXECUTED SPEEDILY UPON HIM. — Hence civil authority
is added to religious. All these powers were usually entrusted to the
provincial administrators, with more or less of reservation, b...
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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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וְ כָל ־דִּי ־לָא֩ לֶהֱוֵ֨א עָבֵ֜ד
דָּתָ֣א
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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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_Banishment. Hebrew literally, "eradication" by death or exile,
(Calmet) or by being cut off from all society, chap. x. 8. (De Dieu)
--- Septuagint, "correction." (Haydock)_...
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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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AND WHOSOEVER WILL NOT DO THE LAW OF THY GOD, AND THE LAW OF THE
KING,.... Either the judge who delays judgment, or does not execute it
according to the law of God, and of the king; or the people, tha...
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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
impr...
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_Whosoever will not do the law of thy God_, &c. They were not allowed
to make new laws, but were to see the law of God duly executed, (which
is here made _the law of the king,_) and therefore were int...
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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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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 impriso...
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THE LETTER OF ARTAXERXES...
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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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TO BANISHMENT:
Chald. to rooting out...
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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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THE LAW OF THY GOD, AND THE LAW OF THE KING, to wit, concerning these
matters. Or, which law of God is by this my sanction now become my law
also, to which I expect their punctual and ready obedience....
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THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES AND THE LEVELS OF PUNISHMENT PERMITTED (EZRA
7:25).
Ezra 7:25
‘And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God which is in your hand,
appoint magistrates and judges, who may jud...
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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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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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2 Chronicles 30:12; Daniel 3:28; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:26;...
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Let judgment — What could David himself, as king, have done more,
for the honour of God, and the furtherance of religion?...