John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers that are beyond the River, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence," — Ezra 7:21 (ASV)
And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the
treasurers which are beyond the river
The receivers of his tribute, tax, and custom, beyond the river Euphrates, on the side towards the land of Israel:
that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of
heaven ;
see (Ezra 7:12) ,
shall require of you, it be done speedily ;
which seems at first a grant at large for whatsoever he should want or demand, but is limited and restrained by what follows.