Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ezra+009   CHAPTER 9 (ESV) 1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the […]

Read chapter in full: 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, Elnathan, Nathan, […]

Read chapter in full: 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, the […]

Read chapter in full: 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 the […]

Read chapter in full: 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 Jozadak […]