Ezra 7:1-10
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Now after this, v in the reign of v Artaxerxes king of Persia, w Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
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son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub,
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son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth,
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son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki,
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son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest -
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this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe x skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, y for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and z some of the priests and a Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple b servants.
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And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, c for the good hand of his God was on him.
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it d and to e teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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Cross References
Nehemiah 2:1
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:1 - 5
Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah.
1 Chronicles 6:4 - 14
Eleazar fathered Phinehas, Phinehas fathered Abishua.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:11 - 12
This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerx...
Ezra 7:21
And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to al...
Nehemiah 8:1 - 3
And all the people gathered as one man into the...
Nehemiah 8:13
On the second day the heads of fathers' houses ...
Nehemiah 12:26
These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Je...
Nehemiah 12:36
And his relatives, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, G...
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Cross References
Ezra 7:9
For on the first day of the first month he bega...
Ezra 7:28
And who extended to me his steadfast love befor...
Ezra 8:18
And by the good hand of our God on us, they bro...
Ezra 8:22
For I was ashamed to ask the king for a band of...
Ezra 8:31
Then we departed from the river Ahava on the tw...
Nehemiah 2:8
And a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's...
Nehemiah 2:18
And I told them of the hand of my God that had ...
Ezra 5:5
But the eye of their God was on the elders of t...
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Cross References
Ezra 8:1 - 14
These are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king:
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Cross References
Ezra 8:15 - 19
I gathered them to the river that runs to Ahava, and there we camped three days. As I reviewed the people and the priests, I found there none of the sons of Levi.
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Cross References
Ezra 8:17
And sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them what to say to Iddo and his brothers and the temple servants at the place Casiphia, namely, to send us ministers for the house of our God.
Ezra 8:20
Besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all mentioned by name.
Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:6
This Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
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Cross References
Ezra 7:25
And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God. And those who do not know them, you shall teach.
Deuteronomy 33:10
They shall teach Jacob your rules and Israel your law; they shall put incense before you and whole burnt offerings on your altar.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:7
In the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Matthew 23:2 - 3
The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.
Nehemiah 8:1 - 8
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses that the Lord had commanded Israel.
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