Ezra 7:12-14

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹² Artaxerxes king of kings to Esdras the priest, the most learned scribe of the law of the God of heaven, greeting.

¹³ It is decreed by me, that all they of the people of Israel, and of the priests and of the Levites in my realm, that are minded to go into Jerusalem, should go with thee.

¹⁴ For thou art sent from before the king, and his seven counsellors, to visit Judea and Jerusalem according to the law of thy God, which is in thy hand.