Ezra 7:11

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Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Babylon in Babylonia was the Mesopotamian center from which Ezra’s commission was issued under Persia. “Beyond the River” denotes the Persian province west of the Euphrates, including Jerusalem in Judah, where Ezra was authorized to teach and administer God’s law.

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Ezra 7:11 mentions Babylon, Babylonia, Beyond the River, Jerusalem and Persia.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Babylonia — Babylonia · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Beyond the River — Beyond the River · Bazminbaz

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13