Ezra 7:8-14 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

⁸ He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. ⁹ For on the first of the first month ^[a]he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him. ¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to ^[b]study the law of the Lord and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.

King’s Decree on Behalf of Ezra

¹¹ Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, ^[c]learned in the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel: ¹² “^[d]Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now ¹³ I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. ¹⁴ Forasmuch as you are sent ^[e]by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God which is in your hand,