6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and ^rthe king granted him all that he asked, for ^sthe hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra Reads the Law

1 And all the people gathered ^xas one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told ^yEzra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.