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For on the first of the first month [a]he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (A)because the good hand of his God was upon him. 10 For Ezra had set his heart to [b]study the law of Yahweh and to practice it, and (B)to teach His statute and judgment in Israel.

The King’s Decree on Behalf of Ezra

11 Now this is the copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [c]learned in the words of the commandments of Yahweh and His statutes to Israel:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:9 Lit was the foundation
  2. Ezra 7:10 Lit seek
  3. Ezra 7:11 Lit the scribe of