Ezra 7:12
7:12 1 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:
Ezra 7:26
7:26 Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely
2 liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison.”
Ezra 7:14
7:14 You are authorized
3 by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession,
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1 sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.
2 tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.
3 tn Aram “sent.”
4 tn Aram “in your hand.”