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The letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe

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Ezra 7:11–20: the text says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:” King Artaxerxes writes in it, “Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you. Because you are sent 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, and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem. Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God. The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.” The letter goes on at 7:21–26. At 7:12 the Korean Revised Version reads 하늘의 하나님의 율법에 완전한 학사, the scribe perfect in the law of the God of heaven, where WEB reads “the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven”; at 7:13 it reads 우리 나라에, with the plural 우리, where WEB reads “in my realm”; and at 7:14 the two editions give the words in another order.

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EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
¹¹Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
¹²Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now
¹³I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.
¹⁴Because you are sent 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,
¹⁵and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,
¹⁶and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem.
¹⁷Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.
¹⁸Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
¹⁹The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.
²⁰Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.
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Evidence: Ezra 7:11–20
Ezra — Took part in — The letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe

Evidence: Ezra 7:11–20

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Entry: The letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe (event-ezr-7-the-letter-of-king-artaxerxes-to-ezra)
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Current wording: Ezra 7:11–20: the text says, “Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:” King Artaxerxes writes in it, “Artaxerxes, king of kings, To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven. Now I make a decree that all those of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my realm, who intend of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you. Because you are sent 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, and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, and all the silver and gold that you will find in all the province of Babylon, with the free will offering of the people and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem. Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God. The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem. Whatever more will be needed for the house of your God, which you may have occasion to give, give it out of the king’s treasure house.” The letter goes on at 7:21–26. At 7:12 the Korean Revised Version reads 하늘의 하나님의 율법에 완전한 학사, the scribe perfect in the law of the God of heaven, where WEB reads “the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven”; at 7:13 it reads 우리 나라에, with the plural 우리, where WEB reads “in my realm”; and at 7:14 the two editions give the words in another order.
Cited evidence: EZR 7:11–20, engwebp
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