Letter from Artaxerxes

11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the Lord’s commands and statutes for Israel:[a]

12 Artaxerxes, king of kings,(A) to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven:

Greetings.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:11 Ezr 7:12-26 is written in Aram.

21 I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the Euphrates River:(A)

Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of heaven, asks of you must be provided promptly,(B)

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