# 1 Esdras 8:3

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras/8/3
- Book: [1 Esdras](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras)
- Chapter: [1 Esdras 8](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/1-esdras/8)
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This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.