Ezra 7:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 7:9

7 ^aSome of the children of Israel, the priests, ^bthe Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and ^cthe Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.

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:

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The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra

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