Ezra 7:21 Cross References

Ezra 7:21

21: "I, Artaxerxes the king, hereby send this decree to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: `You are to give Ezra whatever he requests of you, for he is a priest and teacher of the law of the God of heaven.

Ezra 7:6

  1. This Ezra was a scribe, well versed in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given to the people of Israel. He came up to Jerusalem from Babylon, and the king gave him everything he asked for, because the gracious hand of the LORD his God was on him.

Ezra 7:10

  1. This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the law of the LORD and to teach those laws and regulations to the people of Israel.
  2. King Artaxerxes had given a copy of the following letter to Ezra, the priest and scribe who studied and taught the commands and laws of the LORD to Israel:
  3. "Greetings from Artaxerxes, the king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the teacher of the law of the God of heaven.
  4. "I decree that any of the people of Israel in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may volunteer to return to Jerusalem with you.

Ezra 6:6

  1. So King Darius sent this message: "To Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, to Shethar-bozenai, and to your colleagues and other officials west of the Euphrates: "Stay away from there!

Ezra 4:16

  1. We declare that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the province west of the Euphrates River will be lost to you."

Ezra 4:20

  1. Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River and have received vast tribute, customs, and tolls.
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