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, ⁴ 

[7:12]  ¹ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.

[7:26]  ² tn On the meaning of this word see HALOT 1820-21 s.v. אָסְפַּרְנָא; E. Vogt, Lexicon linguae aramaicae, 14.

[7:14]  ³ tn Aram “sent.”

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Aram “in your hand.”