Ezra 7:11-13

Tree of Life Version

King Artaxerxes’ Letter to Ezra

¹¹ Now this is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the kohen, the scribe, a teacher of matters pertaining to the mitzvot of Adonai and His statutes over Israel:

¹² “Artaxerxes, king of kings,

“To Ezra the kohen, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven.

¹³ “I have now issued a decree that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel—even the kohanim and Levites—who wish to go up to Jerusalem with you may go.