Ezra

After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah son of Azariah son of Hilkiah

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For Ezra had dedicated himself to study the Teaching of GOD so as to observe it, and to teach laws and rules to Israel.

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On the first day of the seventh month, Ezra the priest brought the Teaching before the congregation, men and women and all who could listen with understanding.

Nehemya (Nehemiah) ·Bölüm 8 ·8:2 ·machine translation (sefaria)

Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden tower made for the purpose, and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah at his right, and at his left Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

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Ezra opened the scroll in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; as he opened it, all the people stood up.

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Ezra blessed the ETERNAL, the great God, and all the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with hands upraised. Then they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before GOD with their faces to the ground.

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Nehemiah the Tirshatha, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who were explaining to the people said to all the people, “This day is holy to the ETERNAL your God: you must not mourn or weep,” for all the people were weeping as they listened to the words of the Teaching.

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So Ezra at once put the officers of the priests and the Levites and all Israel under oath to act accordingly, and they took the oath.

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Then Ezra rose from his place in front of the House of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib; there, he ate no bread and drank no water, for he was in mourning over the trespass of those who had returned from exile.

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Then Ezra the priest got up and said to them, “You have trespassed by bringing home foreign women, thus aggravating the guilt of Israel.

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The returning exiles did so. Ezra the priest and certain chiefs of the ancestral clans—all listed by name—sequestered themselves on the first day of the tenth month to study the matter.

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and his brothers Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the agent of God; and Ezra the scribe went ahead of them.

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