Ezra 7:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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:

Cross References

Matthew 23:13

‘Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you don’t go in, and you don’t allow those entering to go in.   ,

Matthew 23:2

‘The scribes and the Pharisees are seated in the chair of Moses.

Ezra 7:6

#– #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 him everything he requested  because the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 5:6

This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the River Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

Ezra 4:11

This is the text of the letter they sent to him: To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the River Euphrates:

Ezra 7:10

Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the Lord, obey it, and teach  its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

Ezra 7:12

Artaxerxes, king of kings,  to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens: Greetings.

Ezra 7:21

I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the River Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens, asks of you must be provided in full,