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    Ezra (fl. 480–440 BCE) was an important Jewish scribe and priest in the early Second Temple period. In the Greek Septuagint, the name is rendered as Ésdrās (Ἔσδρας), from which the Latin name Esdras comes.

  2. Oct 9, 2023 · Ezra helped lead the faith of the Israelites at a very important time in their history. God used this prophet’s devotion and bold voice to convict them of their sinful choices, and to purify their hearts.

  3. Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return - In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD.

  4. Mar 21, 2022 · Who Was Ezra? Ezra was the second of three key leaders to lead a remnant of Jewish exiles back to Jerusalem as prophesied by the prophet Jeremiah. This return happened in...

  5. This summary of the book of Ezra provides information about the title, author (s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Ezra.

  6. Jan 4, 2022 · Ezra was a scribe and priest sent with religious and political powers by the Persian King Artaxerxes to lead a group of Jewish exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:8, 12). Ezra condemned mixed marriages and encouraged Jews to divorce and banish their foreign wives.

  7. Jul 9, 2024 · Ezra (flourished 5th–4th century bce, Babylon and Jerusalem) was a religious leader of the Jews who returned from exile in Babylon, a reformer who reconstituted the Jewish community on the basis of the Torah Law (the regulations outlined in the first five books of the Hebrew Bible).

  8. The Persian king appointed Ezra as a high-ranking officer in the Land of Israel, with powers to appoint judges and officers of the law, and to levy monetary fines, impose banishment and even to impose the death penalty, if necessary. Ezra left Babylon in the spring, in the month of Nissan, his heart full of excitement and joyous expectancy. He ...

  9. Opposition to the Rebuilding. 4 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king ...

  10. Rebuilding the Altar - When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem.

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