inſtruct them irr both. Of which ſee more! on Nekern. 8. 8. .; JC 12 Artaxerxes king of kings, || uncq Ezra the prieſt, Ort a ſcribe ofthe law of the God of Heaven, perfect peace, ew and at {uch a tims. eng ag : Wield. « 13: I make a decree, that all they of the people of If-. 2ofec +; rae], and of his prieſts and Levites in my realm,:whictz Lo fu are minded of cheir own free wiltto 80 up to Jeruſalem; G04 of go with thee, | fm | Fg, Forafſtnuch as thou art ſent | of the king, and,of geace,& his * ſeven counſelters, / to —_— concerning Judal NEE” | and Jeruſalem, according to the law of thy 'Gad'm fn before which 7s in thine hand =: | I Ss ': 7 1770 the inp: I His chief Nobles and Officers of State 3 ef whom ſee 'alſs x4þ. * Eſth 1. 1. 10, 14. ” { & Tomoke inquiry intoall Abuſes and «Deviations 14: from your Law, and to, redreis them. » Wh ch is-now and always in thy hand, being ths matter of thy daily Rudy and exerciſe 3 which thou now carcieſt along with the, the Interpretation whereof belongeth unco rhee. HED : DS, 15 And to carry the ſtiver and the gold which the king and his. counſelors, have freely offered unto'the God of Iſrael, whoſe habitation 5s in; Jeruſalem ; | 16 * And all the filver and gold'thac thou canſt find o *.£l 8, in all the province of Babylon, with thefree-will-offe= <** ring of the peopie'p, and of the prietts offering willingly for che houſy of cheir Gods which 5 in Jeruſalem: I £ 3 | o in O,
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Tt P. VI. | E Z 04. 2. Procure, as that word is uſed, Gen. 6. 8. & 26- 12. ſal. Bg. 3. & 119. 152, Prov I. 13. & 2. 5. & 3. 13. Whatſoever thou canſt ger of my Subjects by way of fx e gift. To Wity of Iſrael. "17 That thou mayeſt buy ſpeedily with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-ofterings, and their drink-offerings, and offer-cthem upon the altar of the houſe of your God which is in Jeruſalem : 13 And whatſoever ſhall ſeem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the reſt of the ſilver, and zold, that do after the will of your God.
19 The veſſels alſo that are given thee for the ſer- vice of the houſe of thy God, hoſe deliver thou before the God of Jeruſalem.
20 And whatſoever more ſhall he needful for the houſe * of thy God q, which thou ſhalt have bccaſion to beſtow, beſtow it out of the kings treaſure houſe. T0
9 Towards the Reparation, or adoraing, or compleating of it.
e£ the Notes on #4. 6. 14,
21 And]I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a de- Cree to all therreaſurers which are beyond the river,that whatſoever Ezra the prieſt, the ſcribe of the law of the God of heaven,ſhall require of you,it be done ſpeedily.
22 Unto an hundred talents of ſilver, and to an hundred meaſures of Wheat, and to anhundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and ſalt without preſcribing how much x |
r Bzcauſ: it was but of mean price, and of very common and ne- ceilary uſe in all their Szcyyfices, Leve 2. 13. Marky. 49.
22 + Whatſoever is commanded by the God of hea- aig, Ven, let it be diligently done for the houſe of the God «ſo ver of heaven: forwhythould there be wrath againſt the y t522 realm of the king and his fon s ?
" s For th: omifſiva of any part of his Worſhip occaſioned by my negleq; This danger aud duty he diſcerned, partly by na- tural lighr, and principally by the Information of Ezra, ch. 8. 22. who had the King's Ear and Hearr.
24 Alſo we certifie unto you, that touching any of
_the prieſts and Levites, fingers, porters, Nethinims, or miniſters of chis houſe of God, it ſhall not be lawful to impoſe toll, tribute or cuſtom upon them. _ |
25. And thou Ezra, after the wiſdom of thy God, that 7s 1n thine hand : ſet magiſtrates and judges which may: judge all the people that are beyond the river, all
i fuch, as know the laws of thy God, and teach ye them |
hal.
R A. 5. Of the ſons of Shechaniah ; the Ton of Jaheziel c,
and with him three hundred males. ; F ' £ Either his only Son, or the moſt eminent of his Sons, and
therefore ſo ca'led here: | 6 Of the ſons alſo of Adin; Ebed the ſon of Jona- than, and with him fifty males.
7 And of the ſons of Elam ; Jeſhajah the ſon of Arha- iah, and with him ſeventy males.
8 And of the ſons of Shephatiah ; Zebadiah the ſon of Michael, and with him fourſcore males. | 9 Of the ſons of Joab ; Obadiah the ſon of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males.
10 Andofthe ſons of Ske!omith; the ſon of Joſiphi- ah'z and with him an hundred and threeſcore males.
1: And of the ſons of Bebai; Zechariab the ſon of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight mules.
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Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. youg:s oy 1; And of the laſt ſons of Adonikam, whoſe names | are theſ”, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemajah,and with him threeſco:e males.
14 Of the ſons alſo of Bigyai ; Uthai,and || Zabbud | or, z. and with them ſeventy males. ry oF ge Is Aud TI gathered them together to the river that '9meread runneth to Ahavad;and there || abode we in tents three j g, pit dayes: and I viewed the people, and the pricts, aud ch. * found there none of the ſons of Levi e.
d Or the river of Ahava, as it is called 'v 21. 31. By comparing
of theſe places, it ſeems rhat 4hawva was the name berth of the Ri.
ver, and of the Town or place by which it ran. Either this was
that River which other Writers call 4d8ava : which runs to Aſhriag which thence is called 4diabene: or ſome other River running 1ata
Euphrates, e To wit, who were ſimple Levites, and not Prieſts.
And therefore the Levites mentioned, chap. 7. 7s by anticipation
were not yet come to him. ;
16 Then ſent I fos Eliezer f, for Ariel, for Shema«
jah, and for Elnachan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan,
and for Nathan, and for Zecharia, and for Meſbullam,
chief men : alſo for Jojarib, and for Elnathan, men of underſtanding g.
f To come to we, and go along with me to Jeruſslem. g Whe
ſeem to have had more knowledge than pious Zeal for God, and his Houf: and ſolemn Worſhip, which was confined to Jeruſalem. FREE 17 And I ſent them with commandment g unto Id. _ do the chiefh, at the place Caſiphia s, And Þ I told them T ib 1
that know.them not. | | #7, e; Which God hath put into thy Heart, and which appears In the, works of thy hand. Wiſdom is ſometimes aſcrib<d o |
' the-bands; *Pſal. 78. 72. Sec my Latin Synopſer on Gen- 48. 14. Or, by
the Hſdow of. God, _ he means the Law of God, which was ſaid to be |
In his hand, v. 14. |