Ezra 7:26 meaning and explanation
If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
Ezra 7:26, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the closing words of the letter King Artaxerxes of Persia gave to Ezra, authorizing his mission to Jerusalem. The king grants Ezra authority to appoint judges and to enforce both the Law of God and the royal law among the people west of the Euphrates, with penalties drawn from Persian legal practice.
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