Ezra 7:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹² “^[a]Artaxerxes, ^(A)king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, ^[b]perfect peace. And now ^13 (B)I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. ¹⁴ Since you are sent ^[c]on the part of the king and his ^(C)seven advisers to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God which is in your hand,