Ezra 7:17

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
That	כֹּל kôl	H3606	properly
buy	תִקְנֵ֜א tik.Ne'	H7066	to purchase · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
speedily	אָסְפַּ֨רְנָא 'a.se.Par.na'	H629	diligently · adverb
this	דְּנָה֩ de.Nah	H1836	this · demonstrative particle
money	בְּכַסְפָּ֣א be.khas.Pa'	H3702	silver (from its pale color) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
bullocks	תּוֹרִ֤ין to.Rin	H8450	a bull · noun, common masculine plural absolute
rams	דִּכְרִין֙ dikh.Rin	H1798	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
lambs	אִמְּרִ֔ין 'i.me.Rin	H563	a lamb · noun, common masculine plural absolute
offerings	וּמִנְחָתְה֖וֹן u.min.cha.te.Hon	H4504	a sacrificial offering · conjunction + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
offerings	וְנִסְכֵּיה֑וֹן ve.nis.kei.Hon	H5261	a libation · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
offer	וּתְקָרֵ֣ב u.te.ka.Rev	H7127	to approach (causatively · conjunction + verb, piel, 2nd person masculine singular
them	הִמּ֔וֹ hi.Mo	H1994	they · personal pronoun, 3rd person masculine plural
upon	עַֽל 'al-	H5922	above · preposition
altar	מַדְבְּחָ֔ה mad.be.Chah'	H4056	a sacrificial altar · noun, common both genders singular determined + particle of affirmation
house	בֵּ֥ית beit	H1005	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common both genders singular construct
God	אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם 'e.la.ha.Khom	H426	God · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
Jerusalem	בִירוּשְׁלֶֽם vi.ru.she.Lem	H3390	Jerusalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Deuteronomy 12:5-11 But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek…
Numbers 15:4-13 Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin…
Ezra 6:9-10 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine,…
Deuteronomy 14:24-26 And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God sha…
Matthew 21:12-13 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychange…
John 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:11-26

We have here the commission which the Persian emperor granted to Ezra, giving him authority to act for the good of the Jews; and it is very ample and full, and beyond what could have been expected. The commission runs, we suppose, in the usual form: Artaxerxes, King of kings. This however is too high a title for any mortal man to assume; he was indeed king of some kings, but to speak as if he were king of all kings was to usurp his prerogative who hath all power both in heaven and in earth. He sends greeting to his trusty and well-beloved Ezra, whom he calls a scribe of the law of the God of heaven (Ezr 7:12), a title which (it seems by this) Ezra valued himself by, and desired no other, no,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 7:14

sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors--This was the fixed number of the privy council of the kings of Persia (Est 1:10, Est 1:14). The document describes, with great clearness and precision, the nature of Ezra's commission and the extent of power and prerogatives with which he was invested. It gave him authority, in the first place, to organize the colony in Judea and institute a regular government, according to the laws of the Hebrew people, and by magistrates and rulers of their own nation (Ezr 7:25-26), with power to punish offenders by fines, imprisonment, exile, or death, according to the degree of their criminality. Secondly, he was empowered to carry a large donation in money…

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Adam Clarke on Ezra 7:16

And all the silver and gold - The king and his counsellors had already made a present to the house of the God of Israel; and Ezra is now empowered to receive any contribution which any of the inhabitants of the province of Babylon may think proper to give.

John Gill on Ezra 7:17

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money,.... Thus freely contributed by one and another: bullocks, rams, lambs; which were for burnt offerings: with their meat offerings, and their drink offerings; which always went along with the burnt offerings, according to the law of Moses; and which the king seemed to have a right knowledge of, being, no doubt, instructed by Ezra, or some other Jew in his court: and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem; the altar of burnt offering in the temple there.

Dictionary and topics

Bible — Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning “books,” the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the “Library of Divine Revelation.”…
Chaldee language — Employed by the sacred writers in certain portions of the Old Testament, viz., Dan. 2:4-7, 28; Ezra 4:8-6:18; 7:12-26; Gen. 31:46; Jer. 10:11. It is the Aramaic dialect, as it is sometimes called, as…
Persia — An ancient empire, extending from the Indus to Thrace, and from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. The Persians were originally a Medic tribe which settled in Persia, on the eastern…
Drink Offering · For public sacrifices provided by the state — For public sacrifices provided by the state
Lamb, The · An extensive commerce in — An extensive commerce in
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezra 7:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:11-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 7:14

Adam Clarke on Ezra 7:16

John Gill on Ezra 7:17

Dictionary and topics

Ezra 7:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezra 7:11-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 7:14

Adam Clarke on Ezra 7:16

John Gill on Ezra 7:17

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezra 7:11–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezra 7:16

Rashi on Ezra 7:17