Discovery Box| (0.48) | Ezr 2:69 |
| As they were able, 1 they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas 2 of gold, 5,000 minas 3 of silver, and 100 priestly robes. 4 |
| (0.48) | Ezr 7:11 |
| What follows 1 is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 2 Ezra was 3 a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: |
| (0.48) | Ezr 7:27 |
| 1 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem! |
| (0.48) | Ezr 8:20 |
| and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 8:36 |
| Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king’s satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 9:13 |
| “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint 1 toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. |
| (0.48) | Ezr 10:11 |
| Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents 1 and from these foreign wives.” |
| (0.48) | Neh 2:1 |
| Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, 1 I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously 2 I had not been depressed 3 in the king’s presence. 4 |
| (0.48) | Neh 2:9 |
| Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. |
| (0.48) | Neh 4:4 |
| Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! |
| (0.48) | Neh 7:71 |
| Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. |
| (0.48) | Neh 7:72 |
| What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,000 gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:13 |
| “You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:30 |
| You prolonged your kindness 1 with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, 2 so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. 3 |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:36 |
| “So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy 1 its good things – we are slaves! |
| (0.48) | Neh 9:37 |
| Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, 1 and we are in great distress! |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:10 |
| I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. |
| (0.48) | Neh 13:25 |
| So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, “You will not marry off 1 your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! |
| (0.48) | Est 1:20 |
| And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated 1 throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. 2 Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.” |
| (0.48) | Est 2:13 |
| the woman would go to the king in the following way: Whatever she asked for would be provided for her to take with her from the harem to the royal palace. |
