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]

¹² Artaxerxes, king of kings,^(A) to Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens:

Greetings.

²¹ I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers in the region west of the River Euphrates:^(A)

Whatever Ezra the priest, an expert in the law of the God of the heavens, asks of you must be provided in full,^(B)