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Ezra 7:8-12

7:8

And he came
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to Jerusalem
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in the fifth
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month
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which [was] in the seventh
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year
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of the king
<04428>_.

7:9

For upon the first
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[day] of the first
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month
<02320>

began
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he to go up
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from Babylon
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and on the first
<0259>

[day] of the fifth
<02549>

month
<02320>

came
<0935> (8804)

he to Jerusalem
<03389>_,

according to the good
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hand
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of his God
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upon him. {began...: Heb. was the foundation of the going up}

7:10

For Ezra
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had prepared
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his heart
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to seek
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the law
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of the LORD
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and to do
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[it], and to teach
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in Israel
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statutes
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and judgments
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7:11

Now this [is] the copy
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of the letter
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that the king
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Artaxerxes
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gave
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unto Ezra
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the priest
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the scribe
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[even] a scribe
<05608> (8802)

of the words
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of the commandments
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of the LORD
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and of his statutes
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to Israel
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7:12

Artaxerxes
<0783>_,

king
<04430>

of kings
<04430>_,

unto Ezra
<05831>

the priest
<03549>_,

a scribe
<05613>

of the law
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of the God
<0426>

of heaven
<08065>_,

perfect
<01585> (8752)

[peace], and at such a time
<03706>_.

{unto...: or, to Ezra the priest, a perfect scribe of the law of the God of heaven, peace, etc}