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Ezra

Old Testament · History · 10 chapters

Exiles return from Babylon, rebuild the temple, and are called back to the Law under Ezra the scribe.

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Written by
Traditionally Ezra
Date
c. 440 BC

Themes

  • Return from exile
  • Rebuilding the temple
  • Renewal through God’s word

Outline

  1. The first return and the temple rebuiltChapters 1–6
  2. Ezra’s return and reformsChapters 7–10

Key verses

Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.
Ezra 1:3
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
Ezra 7:10