Ezr 7:11 | HCSB | STEP | This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe , an expert in matters of the Lord ’s commands and statutes for Israel :

a Ezr 7:12-26 is written in Aram.

Ezra 7:11

Letter from Artaxerxes

11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in matters of the Lord’s commands and statutes for Israel: ^a