8:9 Then Nehemiah the governor, 1 Ezra the priestly scribe, 2 and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, 3 “This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law.
7:11 What follows 4 is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 5 Ezra was 6 a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: