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 the Lord and to practice it, and (B)to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

King’s Decree on Behalf of Ezra

11 Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, [c]learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord 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