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Ezra 7:11-13
English Standard Version
Ezra 7:11-13
English Standard Version
11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel: 12 “Artaxerxes, (A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the (B)scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.[a] (C)And now 13 (D)I make a decree that anyone of the people of Israel or their priests or Levites in my kingdom, who freely offers to go to Jerusalem, may go with you.
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- Ezra 7:12 Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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