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 a copy of the letter which they sent to him:

“To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men in the region west of the [Euphrates] River; and now:

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the officials who were west of the River, sent to Darius the king.

A scribe

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law (the five books) of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him everything that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

saying: “The scribes and Pharisees have seated themselves in Moses’ chair [of authority as teachers of the Law];

Now the Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem and gathered around Him,