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:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:10 Lit set his heart
  2. Ezra 7:11 Or the scribe of

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