Ezra 6:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁰ so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his children.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ so that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And let them offer oblations to the God of heaven, and let them pray for the life of the king and for the lives of his sons.

Ezra 6:10 Cross References

Jeremiah 29:7

But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Ezra 7:23

Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, or wrath will come upon the realm of the king and his heirs.

Ephesians 5:2

and walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Leviticus 1:13

but the entrails and the legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall offer the rest and turn it into smoke on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Leviticus 1:9

but its entrails and its legs shall be washed with water. Then the priest shall turn the rest into smoke on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of pleasing odor to the Lord.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Ezra 6:9

Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests in Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail,

Daniel 2:46

Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that a grain offering and incense be offered to him.

Exodus 12:32

Take your flocks and your herds, as you said, and be gone. And ask a blessing for me, too!”

Ezra 1:2

“Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.