The Meaning of Ezra 7:24 Explained

Ezra 7:24

KJV: 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.

YLT: 'And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.

Darby: Also we inform you, as regards all the priests and Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim, and ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, tax, and toll upon them.

ASV: Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Ezra 7:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Ezra 7:19-28 - A King's Bounty
Ezra's commission was very ample. Those who officiated or assisted in Temple service were exonerated from taxation. Full permission was given to take all voluntary gifts of money. Orders were issued for the supply of food and other necessities. He was also appointed governor of all Jews west of the Euphrates. The royal bounty was very generous. Here was the harvest of Daniel's prayers and tears. God did exceeding abundantly unto His people beyond all that they had asked or thought. Notice how Ezra's love for God's law impressed Artaxerxes with the conviction that it was perfect. He commanded that the will of God should be the supreme court of reference to Ezra and his brethren in the disposal of the free-will offerings. He further enjoined that they should do exactly the commands of the God of heaven, and ordained that all who refused should be punished. So great was his respect for the Law, that he left Ezra to do very much as he thought best. This reverence on the part of a heathen monareh for God's law shames us. Let us make more of it ourselves! Let us be people of the Book, and exalt it as we are exalted by it, in the judgment even of those who do not revere it! [source]

Chapter Summary: Ezra 7

1  Ezra goes up to Jerusalem
11  The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra
27  Ezra blesses God for this favor

What do the individual words in Ezra 7:24 mean?

and you we inform that [on] any of priests the and Levites singers gatekeepers Nethinim or servants of house of God this tax tribute or custom not it shall be lawful to impose on
וּלְכֹ֣ם מְהוֹדְעִ֗ין דִּ֣י כָל־ כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א וְ֠לֵוָיֵא זַמָּ֨רַיָּ֤א תָרָֽעַיָּא֙ נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י בֵּ֖ית אֱלָהָ֣א דְנָ֑ה מִנְדָּ֤ה בְלוֹ֙ וַהֲלָ֔ךְ לָ֥א שַׁלִּ֖יט לְמִרְמֵ֥א עֲלֵיהֹֽם

וּלְכֹ֣ם  and  you 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אָבִיב  
Sense: fresh, young barley ears, barley.
מְהוֹדְעִ֗ין  we  inform 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יְדַע  
Sense: to know.
דִּ֣י  that 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: דִּי  
Sense: who, which, that mark of genitive.
כָל־  [on]  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, whole, the whole.
כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א  of  priests  the 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: כָּהֵן  
Sense: priest.
וְ֠לֵוָיֵא  and  Levites 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֵוָי  
Sense: the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah.
זַמָּ֨רַיָּ֤א  singers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: זַמָּר  
Sense: singer.
תָרָֽעַיָּא֙  gatekeepers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: תָּרָע  
Sense: porter, doorkeeper (in temple).
נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א  Nethinim 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural determinate
Root: נְתִין  
Sense: Nethinims.
וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י  or  servants 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: פְּלַח  
Sense: to serve, worship, revere, minister for, pay reverence to.
בֵּ֖ית  of  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בַּיִת  
Sense: house (of men).
אֱלָהָ֣א  of  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular determinate
Root: אֱלָהּ  
Sense: god, God.
דְנָ֑ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: דְּנָה  
Sense: this, on account of this adv.
מִנְדָּ֤ה  tax 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִדָּה 
Sense: tribute.
בְלוֹ֙  tribute 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בְּלֹו  
Sense: tribute.
וַהֲלָ֔ךְ  or  custom 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: הֲלָךְ  
Sense: toll, custom duty, tribute.
שַׁלִּ֖יט  it  shall  be  lawful 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: שַׁלִּיט  
Sense: having mastery, having authority, ruling.
לְמִרְמֵ֥א  to  impose 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: רְמָה  
Sense: to cast, throw.

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