Who Was Ezra and Why Is His Book Significant?
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Ezra 7:8
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He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Ezra 7:8 Meaning and Commentary
Ezra 7:8
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month
With the above company; this was the month Abib, answering to part of July and part of August: which was in the seventh year of the king; as in the preceding verse.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Ezra 7:8 In-Context
6
This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
7
Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
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He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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For on the first of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, because the good hand of his God was upon him.
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel.
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