Ezra 7:24
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.”
יְדַע
{to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)}
עַל
on/ them
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עַל
{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}
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כָּהֵן
priests/ the
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כָּהֵן
{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
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בַּיִת
the house of
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בַּיִת
{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}
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נְתִין
temple servants/ the
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נְתִין
{the Nethinim, or Temple-servants (as given to that duty)}
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שַׁלִּיט
is authorized
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שַׁלִּיט
mighty; abstractly, permission; concretely, a premier
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בְּלוֹ
tax
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בְּלוֹ
excise (on articles consumed)
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זַמָּר
singers/ the
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זַמָּר
an instrumental musician
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מִדָּה
tribute
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מִדָּה
tribute in money
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תָּרָע
gatekeepers/ the
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תָּרָע
a doorkeeper
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