Ezra 1:11
1:11 All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Ezra 2:42
2:42 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.
Ezra 3:13
3:13 People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly
that the sound was heard a long way off.
Ezra 4:11
4:11 (This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:)
“To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
Ezra 4:16
4:16 We therefore are informing the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, you will not retain control
of this portion of Trans-Euphrates.”
Ezra 4:24
4:24 So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
Ezra 5:5
5:5 But God was watching over
the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped
until a report could be dispatched
to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.
Ezra 6:15
6:15 They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth
year of the reign of King Darius.
Ezra 6:18
6:18 They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem,
in accord with
the book of Moses.
Ezra 7:11
Artaxerxes Gives Official Endorsement to Ezra’s Mission
7:11 What follows is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel:
Ezra 9:14
9:14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?