Löydetty 69 Tulokset: Ezra 1:1-11 meaning
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month of that seventh year of the king. (Ezra 7, 8)
Ezra had set his heart on the study and practice of the law of the LORD and on teaching statutes and ordinances in Israel. (Ezra 7, 10)
This is a copy of the rescript which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest-scribe, the scribe of the text of the LORD'S commandments and statutes for Israel: (Ezra 7, 11)
"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven (then, after greetings): (Ezra 7, 12)
I, Artaxerxes the king, issue this decree to all the treasurers of West-of-Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, scribe of the law of the God of heaven, requests of you, dispense to him accurately, (Ezra 7, 21)
"As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all, that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not know these laws. (Ezra 7, 25)
While Ezra prayed and acknowledged their guilt, weeping and prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites gathered about him, men, women, and children; and the people wept profusely. (Ezra 10, 1)
Then Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, made this appeal to Ezra: "We have indeed betrayed our God by taking as wives foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet even now there remains a hope for Israel. (Ezra 10, 2)
Ezra rose to his feet and demanded an oath from the chiefs of the priests, from the Levites and from all Israel that they would do as had been proposed; and they swore it. (Ezra 10, 5)
Then Ezra retired from his place before the house of God and entered the chamber of Johanan, son of Eliashib, where he spent the night neither eating food nor drinking water, for he was in mourning over the betrayal by the exiles. (Ezra 10, 6)
Then Ezra, the priest, stood up and said to them: "Your unfaithfulness in taking foreign women as wives has added to Israel's guilt. (Ezra 10, 10)
The exiles did as agreed. Ezra appointed as his assistants men who were family heads, one for each family, all of them designated by name. They held sessions to examine the matter, beginning with the first day of the tenth month. (Ezra 10, 16)
