Ezra 7:11-14

New American Standard Bible

King’s Decree on Behalf of Ezra

¹¹ Now this is the copy of the letter which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, ^[a]learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel: ¹² “^[b]Artaxerxes, ^(A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, ^[c]perfect peace. And now ^13 (B)I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. ¹⁴ Since you are sent ^[d]on the part of the king and his ^(C)seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,