GOD in the Old Testament - Ezra - Part 6

Ezra 7:25-26  (continued)

        And you, Ezra, in accordance with the

    wisdom of your God, which you possess,

    appoint magistrates and judges to administer

    justice to all the people of Trans-Euphrates--

    all who know the laws of your God. And you

    are to teach any who do not know them. 

    Whoever does not obey the law of your God

    and the law of the king must surely be punished

    by death, banishment, confiscation of property, 

    or imprisonment. 

 

Ezra 7:27-28  

    Praise be to the LORD, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this way and who has extended his good favor to me before the king and his advisors and all the king's powerful officials. Because the hand of the LORD was on me, I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.

(see all Ezra 7)

 

Ezra 8:17-18  

... and I ordered them to go to Iddo, the leader in Kasiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his fellow Levites, the temple servants in Kasiphia, so that they might bring attendants to us for the house of God. Because the gracious hand of our God was on us, they brought us Sherebiah, a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah's sons and brothers, 18 in all; ... 

 

Ezra 9:21-23  

    There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions. I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, "The gracious hand of our God is on everyone who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him." So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

 

Ezra 8:24  

    Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, namely, Sherebiah, Hashabiah and ten of their brothers, and I weighed out to them the offering of silver and gold and the articles that the king, his advisors, his officials and all Israel present there had donated for the house of our God.

 

Ezra 8:28  

    I said to them, "You as well as these articles are consecrated to the LORD. The silver and gold are a freewill offering to the LORD, the God of your ancestors."

 

Ezra 8:30  

Then the priests and the Levites received the silver and gold and sacred articles that had been weighed out to be taken to the house of our God in Jerusalem. 

(Ezra 8 continues tomorrow) 

    

(parentheses are mine) 

 

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