Ezra 7:10

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⁸ And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

⁹ For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

¹¹ 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.

¹² Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
KJV: For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
WEB: For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
ASV: For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
DARBY: For Ezra had directed his heart to seek the law of Jehovah and to do it, and to teach in Israel the statutes and the ordinances.
BLB: For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of YHWH, and to do [it], and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

ÅB: For Esras hadde satt sin hu til å granske Herrens lov og gjøre etter den og til å lære folk lov og rett i Israel.
OTB: For Esra hadde satt sitt hjerte på å studere Herrens lov, praktisere den, og lære dens forskrifter og forordninger i Israel.
B1930: For Esras hadde satt sin hu til å granske Herrens lov og gjøre efter den og til å lære folk lov og rett i Israel.

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Cross references

2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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Malachi 2:7
For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.
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Matthew 7:24
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
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John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
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Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
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Ezra 7:25
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
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1 Chronicles 29:18
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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