Ezr 7:14 | TNotes | STEP | 7:14 I and my council of seven: The Greek historian Xenophon knew of this council (Xenophon, Anabasis 1.6.4-5), and Esth 1:14 lists the names of the seven princes of Xerxes, Artaxerxes’ father. • your God’s law: The word translated law in this verse is the Aramaic word dath rather than the Hebrew torah (7:10 ), suggesting that a Persian wrote this letter (7:11-26 ).

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‏ Ezra 7:14

7:14 ^a I and my council of seven: The Greek historian Xenophon knew of this council (Xenophon, Anabasis 1.6.4-5), and Esth 1:14 ^b lists the names of the seven princes of Xerxes, Artaxerxes’ father.

• your God’s law: The word translated law in this verse is the Aramaic word dath rather than the Hebrew torah (7:10 ^c), suggesting that a Persian wrote this letter (7:11-26 ^d).