Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+008     CHAPTER 8 (ESV)   15 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. 16 Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+007   CHAPTER 7 (ESV)   1 Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah … 5 son of Aaron the chief priest— 6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+006   CHAPTER 6 (ESV)   13 Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tattenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered. 14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+005   CHAPTER 5 (ESV)   1 Now the prophets, Haggai and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. 2 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of […]

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+004     CHAPTER 4 (ESV)   1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers’ houses and said to them, “Let us build with you, […]