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Ezra 7:10 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. "
Ezra 7:10
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And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
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Ezra 7:1
"Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,"
Ezra 7:2
"The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,"
Ezra 7:3
"The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,"
Ezra 7:4
"The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,"
Ezra 7:5
"The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:"
Ezra 7:6
"This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God"
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