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Ezra 7:11-13
Evangelical Heritage Version

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:

13 A decree has been issued by me that anyone from among the people of Israel who is living in my kingdom who is willing to go to Jerusalem with you, including its priests and Levites, may go.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:12 The translation attempts to reproduce some of the stiff, formulaic character of these bureaucratic letters.
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