Ezra 7:15

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and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and to bring silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And to carry the siluer and the gold, which the King and his cousellers willingly offer vnto the God of Israel (whose habitation is in Ierusalem)
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle is in Jerusalem.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counsellors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose tabernacle `is' in Jerusalem,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and to carry silver and gold that the king and his counselors willingly offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling place [is] in Jerusalem,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    You are to bring the silver and gold that they have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and to bring silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is at Jerusalem,
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    We also instruct you to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have voluntarily donated to the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And to take with you the silver and gold freely offered by the king and his wise men to the God of Israel, whose Temple is in Jerusalem,
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

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מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ
mishkan
H4907
“abode · his”
Adjective, N, Common + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
Adjective
Gender
Common
Full BDB Definition

Origin: corresponding to H4908

TWOT: 3031a

abode (of God)
  1. וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה yᵉbal H2987 “and · to bring” Adjective, C + Preposition + Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct
  2. כְּסַ֣ף kᵉçaph H3702 “silver” Adjective, N, Common
  3. וּדְהַ֑ב dᵉhab H1722 “and · gold” Adjective, C + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  4. דִּֽי dîy H1768 “which” Adjective, T
  5. מַלְכָּ֣א melek H4430 “king · the” Adjective, N, Common + Particle, Definite Article
  6. וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי yᵉʻaṭ H3272 “and · counseling · him” Adjective, C + Verb, Qal, Participle Active, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
  7. הִתְנַדַּ֨בוּ֙ nᵉdab H5069 “to volunteer” Adjective, V, Plural
  8. לֶאֱלָ֣הּ ʼĕlâhh H426 “to/for · God of” Adjective, R + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  9. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yisrâʼêl H3479 “Israel” Adjective, N
  10. דִּ֥י dîy H1768 “which” Adjective, T
  11. בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם Yᵉrûwshâlêm H3390 “in/at · Jerusalem” Adjective, R + Noun, Proper

About this verse

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12
words
11
distinct lemmas
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section

Notable vocabulary

1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Hebrew Bible:

  • מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ abode H4907

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Hebrew Bible here:

  • מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ abode H4907

Shared distinctive vocabulary

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה to bring H2987 occurs in 3 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 2 verbs
  • 3 nouns
  • 6 adjectives
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה Hiphil · Infinitive Construct
  • וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי Qal · Participle Active

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • דִּֽי which H1768 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 26 words from the Hebrew and 32 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 12 Hebrew tokens and 22 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Ezra 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever.
  • Psalms 135:21 Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
  • Ezra 6:12 and the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who shall put forth their hand to alter [the same], to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.
  • 1 Chronicles 29:6 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly;
  • 2 Chronicles 2:6 But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?
  • 2 Chronicles 6:6 but I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
  • Ezra 6:4 with three courses of great stones, and a course of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house.
  • Ezra 6:8–10 Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence to these men, that they be not hindered.
  • Psalms 9:11 Sing praises to Yahweh, who dwells in Zion, And declare among the people what he has done.
  • Psalms 26:8 Yahweh, I love the habitation of your house, The place where your glory dwells.
  • Psalms 68:29–30 Because of your temple at Jerusalem, Kings shall bring presents to you.
  • Psalms 72:10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
  • Psalms 76:2 His tent is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.
  • Psalms 76:11 Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
  • Isaiah 60:6–9 The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come; they shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of Yahweh.
  • Revelation 21:24–26 The nations will walk in its light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Ezra 7:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה כְּסַ֣ף וּדְהַ֑ב דִּֽי מַלְכָּ֣א וְיָעֲט֗וֹהִי הִתְנַדַּ֨בוּ֙ לֶאֱלָ֣הּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל דִּ֥י בִֽירוּשְׁלֶ֖ם מִשְׁכְּנֵֽהּ

and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Ezra 7:15 Septuagint · lemma form

καί εἰς οἶκος κύριος ἀργύριον καί χρυσίον ὅς ὁ βασιλεύς καί ὁ σύμβουλος ἑκουσιάζομαι ὁ θεός ὁ ἰσραήλ ὁ ἐν ἰερουσαλήμ κατασκηνόω

And for the house of the Lord there have been sent silver and gold, which the king and the councillors have freely given to the God of Israel, who dwells in Jerusalem.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

In the Septuagint this is one book — Esdras B (2 Esdras): Ezra is chapters 1–10, Nehemiah 11–23.

On this verse, The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Ezra 7:15 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Ezr 7:15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation [is] in Jerusalem,

Ver. 15. Which the king and his counsellors have freely offered] This king, as he had been well bred by his mother, Queen Esther, so he had likely been well instructed by Ezra in the knowledge of the God of heaven (as he calleth him), whose service he thus promoteth. So Origen wrought much upon Alexander Severus the emperor, by his sound doctrine and holy conversation; but especially upon his mother, Mammaea, who became a great friend to the persecuted Christians.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

Ezr 7:15-16. Which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel — This shows that they had a high opinion of the God of Israel, and were desirous of his favour. And all the silver and gold that thou canst find — That is, procure, as שׁכח, shechach, often signifies. Whatsoever thou canst get of my subjects, by way of free gift. With the free-will-offering of the people — Namely, of Israel.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Tyndale Open Resources

7:15 who lives in Jerusalem: God’s Temple was located there. Artaxerxes probably thought that he was helping rebuild the house of Jerusalem’s local deity (cp. 1 Kgs 8:27; Ps 24:1).

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

15. (b) To carry (i) the gifts of the king and his council.

to carry] The LXX. mistaking two very similar letters (reading כ for ב) render εἰς οἶκον κυρίου.

whose habitation is in Jerusalem] i.e. whose temple is in Jerusalem.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

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.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered. Large sums in specie had in ancient times to be remitted from one country to another under escort. The roads were never safe from robbers; and the more considerable the remittance, the greater the danger of its being intercepted. We hear of its being usual to protect the treasure annually remitted to Jerusalem from Babylon in Roman times by an escort of above 20, 000 men (see Joseph., "Ant. Jud:," 18:9, The God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem. No more seems to be meant by "habitation" here than by "house" in Ezr_1:2, Ezr_1:3. Artaxerxes does not regard Jehovah as a local God.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

And to bring and to bring the silver and gold of the king and his advisors that they donated to the God of Israel, to maintain His House, Whose habitation and House are in Jerusalem.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

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Ezra, in the Historical, opens this verse with 12 words (11 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mishkan (“abode”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “abode” (mishkan) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. 1 word here appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
  3. This is the first place “abode” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
  4. How does Ezra 5:14, which shares the word «to bring», read alongside this verse?
  5. What does the repetition of “which” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  6. The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
  7. «וּלְהֵיבָלָ֖ה» is a Hiphil Infinitive Construct verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  8. Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

  • 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Hebrew Bible.
  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • This verse counts 12 Hebrew ↔ 22 Greek words.
  • These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
  • “which” occurs 2× in this single verse.

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