GOD in the Old Testament - Ezra - Part 4

Ezra 6:16-18  (continued)

    Then the people of Israel--the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles--celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy. For the dedication of this house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams and, as a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, one for each of the tribes of Israel. And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

 

Ezra 6:21-22  

So the Israelites who had returned from the exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the unclean practices of their Gentile neighbors in order to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. For seven days they celebrated with joy the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because the LORD had filled them with joy by changing the attitude of the king of Assyria, so that he assisted them in the work on the house of God, the God of Israel.

(see all Ezra 6)

 

Ezra 7:6  

... this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher well versed in the Law of Moses, which the LORD the God of Israel had given. The king had granted him everything he asked, for the hand of the LORD his God was on him. 

 

Ezra 7:9  

He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.  

 

Ezra 7:12-14 

        Artaxerxes, king of kings,

 

    To Ezra the priest, teacher of the Law of the God of heaven:

 

    Greetings,

 

        Now I decree that any of the Israelites in my kingdom, 

    including priests and Levites, who volunteer to go to 

    Jerusalem with you, may go. You are sent by the king and 

    his seven advisors to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem 

    with regard to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.

(Ezra 7 continues tomorrow) 

    

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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