2 Esdras 1:3-5

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³ son of Aaron, of the tribe of Levi, who was a captive in the country of the Medes in the reign of Artaxerxes, king of the Persians.

Ezra’s Prophetic Call

⁴ The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ⁵ “Go, declare to my people their evil deeds and to their children the iniquities that they have committed against me, so that they may tell their children’s children^(A)