Ezra 7:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

The copy

Ezra 4:11

Ezra 5:6

A scribe

Ezra 7:6

Matthew 23:2

Mark 7:1

Bible References

The copy

This is the text of the letter they sent to him:

To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

A scribe

—came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.

“The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

The Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Him.