John Gill's Exposition on Ezra 7:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, etc.] The receivers of his tribute, tax, and custom, beyond the river Euphrates, on the side towards the land of Israel: that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven; (see <150712>Ezra 7:12), shall require of you, it be done speedily; which seems at first a grant at large for whatsoever he should want or demand, but is limited and restrained by what follows.

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