1 Esdras 8:6-8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶ in the seventh year of the reign of Artaxerxes, in the fifth month (this was the king’s seventh year), for they left Babylon on the new moon of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the new moon of the fifth month, by the successful journey that the Lord gave them.^{(A) 7} For 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 judgments.

The King’s Mandate

⁸ The following is a copy of the written decree from King Artaxerxes that was delivered to Ezra the priest and reader of the law of the Lord:^(B)