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The Jews with Ezra left Babylon on the first day of the first month
Ezra 7:9. They reached Ahava in nine days, and, having remained there
three Ezra 8:15, quitted it, and resumed their journey on the...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. Those who returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:1)_
2. The gathering at Ahava (Ezra 8:15)
3. The fast proclaimed (Ezra 8:21)
4. The appointment of guardians ...
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5. The journey is made, and the goods are delivered at Jerusalem.
TEXT, EZRA 8:31-36
31
Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first
month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of...
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_THEN WE DEPARTED FROM THE RIVER OF AHAVA ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE
FIRST MONTH, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM: AND THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON
US, AND HE DELIVERED US FROM THE HAND OF THE ENEMY, AND OF SUCH...
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PARTICULARS OF EZRA'S COMPANY
1. Them that went up] The sum of the numbers given is 1,496. Only
males are mentioned, and if no women accompanied them, the absence of
such doubtless increased the tend...
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THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM
EZRA
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 8
V1 This is the list of the families and the chief men in the families.
They came with me from Babylonia during the rule of King Artaxerx...
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(15-31) The journey through Ahava to Jerusalem....
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THE HAND OF OUR GOD WAS UPON US. — This sums up the history of the
journey....
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וַֽ נִּסְעָ֞ה מִ נְּהַ֣ר אַֽהֲוָ֗א
בִּ שְׁנֵ֤
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THANKSGIVING FOR SAFETY AND SUCCESS
Ezra 8:24
Into our hands also is committed first the rich treasure and solemn
trust of our own souls, and next the great deposit of the gospel; 1
Timothy 1:11; 1 T...
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In this chapter we have, first, a representative list of those who
joined Ezra when he went up to Jerusalem. First in order, members of
the priestly and royal houses are named (verses Ezr 8:1-2). Then...
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the
first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon
us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such...
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Was not this journey a type of the gospel pilgrimage - long, and
dangerous, exposed to the dens of lions, and the mountains of
leopards? And is not the hand of our God upon us, to deliver us from
ever...
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_FAITH AND COURAGE_
‘The hand of our God was upon us.… And we came to Jerusalem.’
Ezra 8:31
I. IF EZRA HAD BEEN A COWARD, HE WOULD NEVER HAVE ACCOMPLISHED WHAT
HE DID.—Had he looked at the difficul...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8.
Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must
still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people,
even when t...
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THEN WE DEPARTED FROM THE RIVER OF AHAVA, ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE
FIRST MONTH, TO GO UNTO JERUSALEM,.... The month Nisan, answering to
part of March and part of April; this was two days before the p...
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_Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the
first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon
us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of suc...
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_The hand of our God was upon us_ To protect and strengthen us in so
dangerous and long a journey. _And he delivered us from the hand of
the enemy_ There were not only many enemies who hated them, and...
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1 The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon.
15 He sendeth to Iddo for ministers for the Temple.
21 He keepeth a fast.
24 He committeth the treasures to the custodie of the Priests.
31 Fro...
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The Priests Entrusted With The Lord's Treasures...
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Then we departed from the river of Ahava, from the region on the
Euphrates known by that name, ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH,
some time having elapsed during which the Levites who were summone...
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A LIST OF EZRA'S COMPANIONS
(vv. 1-14)
Those who voluntarily came to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem are recorded
here, the men numbering almost 1500. Women also must have been
present, but are not ment...
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31-36 Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even
the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to
return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render w...
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To wit, in the direct way; whereby it may be conjectured, that God
directed them to fetch a little compass, and to go a more uncouth and
unsuspected way, as they had begged of God, EZRA 8:21....
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Ezra 8:31 departed H5265 (H8799) river H5104 Ahava H163 twelfth H8147
H6240 first H7223 month H2320 go...
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Ezra 8:31
‘Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the
first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was on us,
and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and those...
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FIRST MONTH
That is, April....
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Ezra 8:22 , EZRA 8:31
The symbolic phrase "the hand of our God," as expressive of the Divine
protection, occurs with remarkable frequency in the books of Ezra and
Nehemiah, and though not peculiar to...
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CONTENTS: List of Ezra's companions and his visit to Jerusalem.
Treasure placed in the temple.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Sherebeah, Hashabiah, Meremoth, Eleazar,
Jozabad, Noadiah.
CONCLUSION: God's serv...
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Ezra 8:15. _The river that runneth to Ahava,_ or the river of Diavam.
Adiabena is a remote region, according to Boiste, in Assyria, and
contiguous to Parthia: but whether the city and river of Ahava w...
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EZRA 8:1 Ezra Journeys to Jerusalem with a New Wave of Returnees,
Bearing Royal Gifts for the Temple. This section gives a more extended
account of Ezra’s return to Jerusalem. Readers learn of those w...
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EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 8:31 The group sets out ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF THE
FIRST MONTH (Nisan, March/April). The plan to leave on the first day
(Ezra 7:9) had been delayed by the need to send for
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] This chapter contains—(i.) A list
of the heads of houses, with the number of adult males accompanying
each of them, who went with Ezra from Babylon to Jerusalem (Ezra...
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EXPOSITION
EZRA 8:21
THEN I PROCLAIMED A FAST THERE. The fight of the civil ruler to
"proclaim a fast" was unquestioned among the Jews and Israelites.
Jezebel proclaimed one in Ahab's name when she w...
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So in chapter eight it gives to us a list of those who went with Ezra,
totaling out about 754 of the males, when you add the priests that
were added to later. So they numbered the people, and they fou...
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Acts 25:3; Acts 26:22; Ezra 7:28; Ezra 7:9; Ezra 8:15;...