Ezra 7:10-12

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁰ For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment.

¹¹ And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.

¹² Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting.