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Ezra 7:11-12

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Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows 1  is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 2  Ezra was 3  a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:

7:12 4 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

1 tn Heb “this.”

2 tn Heb “the priest, the scribe.” So also in v. 21.

3 tn The words “Ezra was” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

4 sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.



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