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Ezra 7:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Ezra 7:11

Verse 11 of 28

Scripture focus

Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.

Ezra 7:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 7:11

Theological / Devotional

The priest. The genealogy of vs. 1-5 implies that Ezra was priest, but v. 11 provides the only specific statement of this fact. Nehemiah also so designates Ezra (Neh. 8:2,9). The scribe. Here for the first time sopher is used in the NT sense of grammateus, “scribe,” meaning a man trained in the exposition of the Scriptures. Ezra stands at the head of a line of famous Hebrew scholars, which in the time of Christ included men like Hillel and Gamaliel, whom the Jews considered worthy successors of Ezra.

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