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'Scribe' in the Bible

Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The KingOfficersNamed Gentile Rulers

From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues -- the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites),

Verse ConceptsJudges

The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings!

Verse ConceptsGreetingsAnswering PeopleBeyond The RiverNamed Gentile RulersBeyond The Euphrates

Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force.

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The KingJews, TheHasty ActionReading Other Matter

This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonGiving To OthersHand Of GodPriests, Function In Ot TimesScribesGod's HandScholarsGod's Hands On PeopleStudying The Law

What follows is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

Verse ConceptsJudaismLettersArtaxerxes The KingCopies Of Documents

"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

Verse ConceptsGreetingsHigh Priest, In OtArtaxerxes The KingVolunteering

"I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you --

Verse ConceptsArtaxerxes The King

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