Ezra 7:9-11

New King James Version

⁹ On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, ^(A)according to the good hand of his God upon him. ¹⁰ For Ezra had prepared his heart to ^(B)seek^[a] the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to ^(C)teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.

The Letter of Artaxerxes to Ezra

¹¹ This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave Ezra the priest, the scribe, expert in the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel: