King James Version
Ezra 7:15 in the King James Version says “And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose h...” — study this verse from Ezra chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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,”
Ezra 7:15 · KJV
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; of the king: Chaldee, from before the king
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,
And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“whose”
H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
“whose”
H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of
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