Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- Ezra ~~- chapter 3 of 10 (13 verses.)

Ezra 3:7Wrench

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And [using the war-crimes reparation fund] authorized by Persia's Emperor Cyrus {Sun}, the [Hebrew leaders] pay silver to [Israel's] stone-workers and carpenters.
The [leaders also] pay food, beverages and [olive] oil to the [loggers] of Sidon {Fish-City} and of Tyre {Rock-Port}.
These [loggers] haul cedar trees from Lebanon {White-Forest}.
[They float the logs ~85km south along the coast of the Mediterranean] Sea to [the Israeli port of] Joppa {Beauty}.

Note: The rationale for using this pagan government money was that the pagan empire who destroyed the temple offered to pay to rebuild it, as voluntary war-crimes reparation.
This should not be read as a license for Christians to draw secular government benefits.


Joppa is modern Jaffa, a suburb of Tel-Aviv, in Israel.



Other English Bible translations of Ezra 3:7:

Complete Jewish Bible (Sacred Name Version)CJB-SNThey also gave money for the stone-workers and carpenters, as well as food, drink and olive oil for the people of Tzidon and Tzor bringing cedar logs from the L’vanon to the sea and on to Yafo, in accordance with the authorization granted by Koresh king of Persia.
New International Version (Sacred Name)NIV-SRThen they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.
New International Readers Version (Sacred Name)NIRV-SNThe people gave money to those who worked with stone and those who worked with wood. They gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre. Then those people brought cedar logs down from Lebanon to the Mediterranean Sea. They floated them down to Joppa. Cyrus, the king of Persia, authorized them to do it.
New Living Translation (Sacred Name Version)NLT-SNThen they hired masons and carpenters and bought cedar logs from the people of Tyre and Sidon, paying them with food, wine, and olive oil. The logs were brought down from the Lebanon mountains and floated along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to Joppa, for King Cyrus had given permission for this.
New Revised Standard (Sacred Name Edition)NRSV-SNSo they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from King Cyrus of Persia.
The Message (Sacred Name Version)MSG-SNThey gave money to hire masons and carpenters. They gave food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and Tyrians in exchange for the cedar lumber they had brought by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, a shipment authorized by Cyrus the king of Persia.
Good News Translation (Sacred Name)GNT-SNThe people gave money to pay the stonemasons and the carpenters and gave food, drink, and olive oil to be sent to the cities of Tyre and Sidon in exchange for cedar trees from Lebanon, which were to be brought by sea to Joppa. All this was done with the permission of Emperor Cyrus of Persia.
New American Standard (Sacred Name Bible)NASB-SNThen they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had from Cyrus king of Persia.
King James Version (unedited)KJVThey gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.