Ezra 7:11

Modern English Version

Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, who was likewise the scribe, the one responsible for the words of the commandments of the Lord and His statutes to Israel:

Cross References

Matthew 23:13

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven against men. For you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.

Matthew 23:2

“The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

Ezra 7:6

this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, given by the Lord God of Israel. Because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him, the king granted him all his requests.

Ezra 5:6

This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-Bozenai and his colleagues, the officials who were in the province Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king.

Ezra 4:11

this is the copy of the letter that they sent to him)— “To Artaxerxes the king: “Your servants the men of the province Beyond the River, and so forth.

Ezra 7:10

Because Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, he was doing so and teaching the statutes and judgments in Israel.

Ezra 7:12

“Artaxerxes, king of kings, “To Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven: “Perfect peace, and so forth.

Ezra 7:21

“I, even I Artaxerxes the king, issue a decree to all the treasurers of the province Beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, should request from you, you should do it with all diligence—