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this Ezra went up from Babylonia .
He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses which the LORD the God of Israel had given ;
and the king granted him all that he asked ,
for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him .
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And there went up also to Jerusalem ,
in the seventh year of Ar-ta-xerx '
es the king ,
some of the people of Israel ,
and some of the priests and Levites ,
the singers and gatekeepers ,
and the temple servants .
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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month ,
which was in the seventh year of the king ;
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for on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia ,
and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem ,
for the good hand of his God was upon him .
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD ,
and to do it ,
and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel .
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This is a copy of the letter which King Ar-ta-xerx '
es gave to Ezra the priest ,
the scribe ,
learned in matters of the commandments of the LORD and his statutes for Israel :