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  1. In the Old Testament, a Hebrew scribe who was
  2. allowed by Artaxerxes, king of Persia
  3. (probably Artaxerxes I, 464-423 BC), to lead
  4. his people back to Jerusalem from Babylon 458
  5. BC. He re-established the Mosaic law (laid
  6. down by Moses) and forbade intermarriage.
  7.