Ezra 7:9-11

International Standard Version

⁹ On the first day^[a] of the first month he left Babylon and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day^[b] of the fifth month, since the beneficent hand of his God was upon him. ¹⁰ For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, to obey it, and to teach God’s^[c] statutes and judgments in Israel.

The Letter from King Artaxerxes

¹¹ Here is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra, the priest-scribe, a scholar^[d] in matters concerning the commandments of the Lord and concerning his statutes pertaining to Israel: