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Ezra

In the Old Testament, a Hebrew scribe who was allowed by Artaxerxes, king of Persia (probably Artaxerxes I, 464–423 BC), to lead his people back to Jerusalem from Babylon in 458 BC.

He re-established the Mosaic law (laid down by Moses) and forbade intermarriage.



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