⁶ So this Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a ^(A)scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all ^[a]he requested ^(B)because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.

¹⁰ For Ezra had ^[a]firmly resolved to study the Law of the Lord and to practice it, and ^(A)to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.