And there went up also to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king, some of the people of Israel, and (A)some of the priests and (B)Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple (C)servants. And Ezra[a] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylonia, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (D)for the good hand of his God was on him.

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  1. Ezra 7:8 Aramaic he

Some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, musicians, gatekeepers and temple servants, also came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.(A)

Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.(B)

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