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1After this, in the rule of Persia’s King Artaxerxes, Ezra son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah
2son of Shallum son of Zadok son of Ahitub
3son of Amariah son of Azariah son of Meraioth
4son of Zerahiah son of Uzzi son of Bukki
5son of Abishua son of Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the chief priest—
6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Instruction from Moses, which the LORD , the God of Israel, had given. Moreover, the king gave him everything he requested because the LORD his God’s power was with him.
7Some of the Israelites and some of the priests and the Levites, the singers and gatekeepers and the temple servants also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
8They reached Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king.
9The journey from Babylon began on the first day of the first month, and they came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
10Ezra had determined to study and perform the LORD ’s Instruction, and to teach law and justice in Israel.
11This is a copy of the letter that Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest and scribe, a scholar of the text of the LORD ’s commandments and his requirements for Israel:
27Bless the LORD , the God of our ancestors, who has moved the king to glorify the LORD ’s house in Jerusalem,
28and who has demonstrated his graciousness for me before the king and his counselors and all the king’s mighty officers. I took courage because the LORD my God’s power was with me. I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.