Ezra 7:10-12

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰ For Ezra had ^[a]firmly resolved to study the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and ^(A)to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

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, ^[b]learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel: ¹² “^[c]Artaxerxes, ^(B)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, ^[d]perfect peace. And now