Ezra 7:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² “From Emperor Artaxerxes^[a] to the priest Ezra, scholar in the Law of the God of Heaven.^[b]
13 “I command that throughout my empire all the Israelite people, priests, and Levites that so desire be permitted to go with you to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ I, together with my seven counselors, send you to investigate the conditions in Jerusalem and Judah in order to see how well the Law of your God, which has been entrusted to you, is being obeyed.