Ezra 7:12-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹² From Artaxerxes, King of Kings.

To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of Heaven, etc.^[a]

Here is the message:

¹³ A decree has been issued by me that anyone from among the people of Israel who is living in my kingdom who is willing to go to Jerusalem with you, including its priests and Levites, may go. ¹⁴ Since you are being sent from the king and his seven advisors to look after Judah and Jerusalem on the basis of the Law of your God, which is in your possession,