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Ezra 7:10-12
Evangelical Heritage Version
Ezra 7:10-12
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 because Ezra had set his heart to seek the Law of the Lord and to obey it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Authorization for Ezra’s Mission
11 This is a copy of the document that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, who was a scribe of the words of the commands of the Lord and of his statutes for Israel:
12 From Artaxerxes, King of Kings.
To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven, etc.[a]
Here is the message:
Footnotes
- Ezra 7:12 The translation attempts to reproduce some of the stiff, formulaic character of these bureaucratic letters.
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