The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra

11 This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel:

12 [a]Artaxerxes, (A)king of kings,

To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:

Perfect peace, (B)and[b] so forth.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:12 The original language of Ezra 7:12–26 is Aramaic.
  2. Ezra 7:12 Lit. and now

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