Ezra 7:11-12

King’s Decree on Behalf of Ezra

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11} Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, ^(a)learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel: ^{Tools
12} “^(b)Artaxerxes, ^(A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now

Footnotes:

a. Ezra 7:11: ['Lit ', the scribe of]

b. Ezra 7:12: ['Ch 7:12-26 is in Aram']

Cross references:

A. Ezra 7:12: Ezekiel 26:7; Daniel 2:37