daily reading 38.4 (Ezra 7:21-26)

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023


Our opening prayer for this week:

O Lord, you have in your pure grace 
Made shine on us a Father’s face:
Arise, your holy name make known; 
Take up your power and reign alone;
On earth, in us, let your pure will
Be done as angels do it still.
 
O King and Father, kind and dread, 
Give us this day our daily bread;
Forgive us, who have learned to bless
Our enemies, all trespasses;
Spare us temptation; let us be
From Satan set forever free. 

Yours is the kingdom; unto you 
We bow the knee in homage true.
And yours the pow’r; no power is there 
That stands against you anywhere.
The glory yours; by every tongue
Your praise shall be forever sung! Amen.

 

Ezra 7:21–26

  • I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River:
  • Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens, asks of you must be provided in full, 22 up to 7,500 pounds of silver, 500 bushels of wheat, 550 gallons of wine, 550 gallons of oil, and salt without limit.
  • 23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for the house of the God of the heavens, so that wrath will not fall on the realm of the king and his sons.
  • 24 Be advised that you do not have authority to impose tribute, duty, and land tax on any priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
  • 25 And you, Ezra, according to God's wisdom that you possess, appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people in the region west of the Euphrates who know the laws of your God and to teach anyone who does not know them.
  • 26 Anyone who does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let the appropriate judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
Helpful notes on Ezra 7:21–26 

 




For yourself pray:

  • That for Jesus' sake, the God of the heavens is your God in your next big task

For others pray:

  • That God gives relief to someone in your community suffering from long covid

A psalm to listen to and ponder, as time allows:

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