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Found 37 verses containing Ezra.

Results from 2 Samuel 23:35 - Nehemiah 8:5

2 Samuel 23:35 (Show 2 Samuel 23)
Hezro[1] of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite,
[1]Or Hezrai

1 Kings 4:31 (Show 1 Kings 4)
For he was wiser than all other men, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol, and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.

1 Chronicles 4:17 (Show 1 Chronicles 4)
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married;[1] and she conceived and bore[2] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
[1]The clause These are . . . married is transposed from verse 18 [2]Hebrew lacks and bore

Ezra 7:1 (Show Ezra 7)

Ezra Sent to Teach the People
Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,

Ezra 7:6 (Show Ezra 7)
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.

Ezra 7:8 (Show Ezra 7)
And Ezra[1] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
[1]Aramaic he

Ezra 7:10 (Show Ezra 7)
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

Ezra 7:11 (Show Ezra 7)
This is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a man learned in matters of the commandments of the Lord and his statutes for Israel:

Ezra 7:12 (Show Ezra 7)
“Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven. Peace.[1] And now
[1]Aramaic Perfect (probably a greeting)

Ezra 7:21 (Show Ezra 7)
“And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province Beyond the River: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, requires of you, let it be done with all diligence,

Ezra 7:25 (Show Ezra 7)
“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.

Ezra 8:1 (Show Ezra 8)

Genealogy of Those Who Returned with Ezra
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:

Ezra 8:15 (Show Ezra 8)

Ezra Sends for Levites
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.

Ezra 9:1 (Show Ezra 9)

Ezra Prays About Intermarriage
After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Ezra 10:1 (Show Ezra 10)

The People Confess Their Sin
While Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, a very great assembly of men, women, and children, gathered to him out of Israel, for the people wept bitterly.

Ezra 10:2 (Show Ezra 10)
And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: “We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Ezra 10:5 (Show Ezra 10)
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.

Ezra 10:6 (Show Ezra 10)
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night,[1] neither eating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles.
[1]Probable reading; Hebrew where he went

Ezra 10:10 (Show Ezra 10)
And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have broken faith and married foreign women, and so increased the guilt of Israel.

Ezra 10:16 (Show Ezra 10)
Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men,[1] heads of fathers' houses, according to their fathers' houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;
[1]Syriac; Hebrew And there were selected Ezra . . .

Nehemiah 7:68 (Show Nehemiah 7)
Their horses were 736, their mules 245,[1]
[1]Ezra 2:66 and the margins of some Hebrew manuscripts; Hebrew lacks Their horses . . . 245

Nehemiah 8:1 (Show Nehemiah 8)

Ezra Reads the Law
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.

Nehemiah 8:2 (Show Nehemiah 8)
So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, on the first day of the seventh month.

Nehemiah 8:4 (Show Nehemiah 8)
And Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand, and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam on his left hand.

Nehemiah 8:5 (Show Nehemiah 8)
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people, and as he opened it all the people stood.

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