Discovery Box

Ezra 7:11-12

Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission

7:11 What follows¹ is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe.² Ezra was³ 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:

Ezra 7:21

Context

7:21 “I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of⁵ Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you –

¹tn Heb “this.”

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

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

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

⁵tn Aram “who are in.”

Search Type	Description	Example
all	search for verses that contains all of the search words.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains fish AND bread in minimum 1 bible version
phrase	search for verses that contains all of the search phrase.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains "fish bread" in minimum 1 bible version
at least one	search for verses that contains any of the search words.	"fish bread" will search for verses that contains fish OR bread in minumum 1 bible version
without	search for verses not contained of the search words. Without can not be used by it self, meaning that it has to be minimum one more condition included (all/at least one,etc)	all: "fish", without: "bread", will search for verses that contains "fish" but NOT "bread"
start	search for verses that contains words that start with the search words	"fis" will search for verses that contains words start with "fis", the result will be "fish", "fishing", "fisherman", etc
similar	search for verses that contains words that similar in spelling to the search words.	"fish" will search verses that contain words which has similar spelling with fish. The result: "dish",etc
displaying	set the max displaying in one page.	"20" will set displaying max to 20 per page
range	set searching range	"All Bible", "Old Testament", "New Testament"

Display Bible

Universal Search :

TIP #26: To open links on Discovery Box in a new window, use the right click. [ALL]

with all of the words
with the phrase
with at least one of the words
without the words
start with
similar spelling
displaying
search range
NET Only	Exact search
Show Help