(1.0005910066007) | Ezr 7:1 | <t /><p class="bodytext">Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes<n id="1" /> of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon.<n id="2" /> Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah, |
(1.0005910066007) | Ezr 7:10 | Now Ezra had dedicated himself<n id="1" /> to the study of the law of the <sc>Lordsc>, to its observance, and to teaching<n id="2" /> its statutes and judgments in Israel.p> |
(1.0005910066007) | Ezr 10:5 | <p class="bodytext">So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan.<n id="1" /> And they all took a solemn oath. |
(1.0005910066007) | Ezr 10:10 | <p class="bodytext">Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, 8220;You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 7:6 | This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the <sc>Lordsc> his God was on him. |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 7:21 | <p class="bodytext">8220;I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of<n id="1" /> Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you 8211; |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 7:25 | <p class="bodytext">8220;Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess,<n id="1" /> appoint judges<n id="2" /> and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught. |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 10:1 | <t /><p class="bodytext">While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites 8211; men, women, and children alike 8211; gathered around him. The people wept loudly.<n id="1" /> |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 10:6 | Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed<n id="1" /> there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles.p> |
(0.94948531353135) | Ezr 10:16 | So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out<n id="1" /> by name men who were leaders in their family groups.<n id="2" /> They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month, |