10. For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Torah of Adonai, to observe and to teach its statues and ordinances in Israel.
11. Now this is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the kohen, the scribe, a teacher of matters pertaining to the mitzvot of Adonai and His statutes over Israel:
12. “Artaxerxes, king of kings, “To Ezra the kohen, a scribe of the Law of the God of heaven.