8 And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, aaccording to the good hand of his God upon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to aseek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to bteach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
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 Artaxerxes, aking of kings,
To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Perfect peace, band so forth.
To Ezra the priest, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:
Perfect peace, band so forth.
13 I issue a decree that all those of the people of Israel and the priests and Levites in my realm, who volunteer to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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