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Ezra · read by James Jennings
12 verses, in order. Only the verses James read aloud are shown.
Ezra 7
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So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
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He had begun the 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 upon him.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
10
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
14
You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
15
Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
27
Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
28
and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
Ezra 8
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Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
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And 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.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
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So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been
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On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.Read from ESV · Ezra Was Ashamed, Would You Have Been