Esdras 8:36

36 Então entregaram os editos do rei aos sátrapas do rei, e aos governadores a oeste do Rio; e estes ajudaram o povo e a casa de Deus.

Esdras 8:36 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 8:36

And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's
lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river
The governors of the provinces of Syria, Palestine, and Judea, which were on that side of Euphrates the land of Israel was:

and they furthered the people, and the house of God;
or "lifted them up" ^F9, eased them of all burdens, and freed them from all impediments, and assisted them and furnished them with everything, as the decree of Artaxerxes enjoined them; and provided everything as they required for ornamenting the temple, and for the sacrifices of it; all which is to be understood of the king's lieutenants and governors, who obeyed his commands.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (wavnw) "elevaverunt", V. L. Piscator; "exaltaverunt", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus; "sublevarunt", Junius & Tremellius.

Esdras 8:36 In-Context

34 Tudo foi entregue por número e peso; e o peso de tudo foi registrado na ocasião.

35 Os exilados que tinham voltado do cativeiro ofereceram holocaustos ao Deus de Israel: doze novilhos por todo o Israel, noventa e seis carneiros, setenta e sete cordeiros, e doze bodes em oferta pelo pecado; tudo em holocausto ao Senhor.

36 Então entregaram os editos do rei aos sátrapas do rei, e aos governadores a oeste do Rio; e estes ajudaram o povo e a casa de Deus.