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Ezra 7:11

The Pulpit Commentary on Ezra 7:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The copy of the letter that the king … gave to Ezra. This decree, as already observed, was a private firman, one copy of which only was made, which was presented to Ezra, and was his authority for doing certain things himself, and for requiring certain acts of others.

The priest. This is implied in the genealogy (verses 1-5), but not directly stated elsewhere by Ezra himself. Nehemiah, however, designates him similarly (, ). His most usual title is the "scribe."

A scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord. Not so much a writer as an expounder (see above, verse 10).

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