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Nehemiah 2:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I also said to the king, ‘If it pleases the king, let me have letters written to the governors of the region west of the River Euphrates,  so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah.

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I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the River Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens, asks of you must be provided in full,


I went to the governors of the region west of the Euphrates and gave them the king’s letters.  The king had also sent officers of the infantry and cavalry with me.


They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates,  so that they would support the people and the house of God.


Therefore, you must stay away from that place, Tattenai governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your  colleagues, the officials in the region.


I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, ‘The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek him, but his fierce anger is against all who abandon him.’


Next to them the repairs were done by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon  and Mizpah, who were under the authority  , of the governor  of the region west of the River Euphrates.





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