Ezra 7:11

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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:

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Hebrew words

וְזֶה׀vezehand thisH2088פַּרְשֶׁגֶןparshegen[is] [the] copy ofH6572הַנִּשְׁתְּוָןhanishtevanthe letterH5406אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834נָתַןnatanhe gaveH5414הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא'artachshast'ArtaxerxesH783לְעֶזְרָאle'ezra'to EzraH5830הַכֹּהֵןhakohenthe priestH3548הַסֹּפֵרhasoferthe scribeH5608סֹפֵרsofer[the] scribe ofH5608דִּבְרֵיdivrei[the] matters ofH1697מִצְוֹת־mitzvot-[the] commandments ofH4687יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְחֻקָּיוvechukavand statutes hisH2706עַל־'al-onH5921יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ פyisra'elIsraelH3478

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This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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