1 Esdras 8:6-8

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⁶in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month (this was the king’s seventh year); for they left Babylon at the new moon of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem at the new moon of the fifth month, by the prosperous journey that the Lord gave them.^[a] ⁷For Ezra possessed great knowledge, so that he omitted nothing from the law of the Lord or the commandments, but taught all Israel all the ordinances and judgements.

The King’s Mandate

⁸The following is a copy of the written commission from King Artaxerxes that was delivered to Ezra the priest and reader of the law of the Lord:

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1 Esdras 8:6 Other authorities add for him or upon him

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