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Ezra 7:6

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a ready: Sopher mahir: does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the law, sophro chochmo:, "a wise scribe," as the Syriac renders. Ezra 7:11-12, Ezra 7:21; Psalms 45:1; Matthew 13:52

scribe: Nehemiah 8:4, Nehemiah 8:9, Nehemiah 8:13, Nehemiah 12:26, Nehemiah 12:36; Jeremiah 8:8; 1 Corinthians 1:20

the law: Deuteronomy 4:5, Deuteronomy 28:1; Matthew 28:20; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

granted him: Ezra 7:11-26

according to: Ezra 7:9, Ezra 7:28, Ezra 6:22, Ezra 8:18, Ezra 8:22, Ezra 8:31; Genesis 32:28; Nehemiah 1:10-11, Nehemiah 2:8, Nehemiah 2:12, Nehemiah 2:18, Nehemiah 4:15; Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 50:2, Isaiah 59:1

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