Ezra 7:10

7:10 Now Ezra had dedicated himself ¹  to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching ²  its statutes and judgments in Israel.

Ezra 7:12

7:12 ³ “Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven:

¹ tn Heb “established his heart.”

² tn Heb “to do and to teach.” The expression may be a hendiadys, in which case it would have the sense of “effectively teaching.”

³ sn Ezra 7:12-26 is written in Aramaic rather than Hebrew.