Ezra 7:8-10

Expanded Bible

⁸Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of Artaxerxes’ seventh year as king. ⁹Ezra had left Babylon on the first day of the first month [^CApril 8], and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month [^CAugust 4], because [the good/gracious hand of] God was ·helping [on] him. ¹⁰Ezra had ·worked hard [dedicated/devoted himself; ^Lset his heart] to ·know [study] and ·obey [practice; do; observe] the ·Teachings [Law; ^LTorah] of the Lord and to teach his rules and commands to the Israelites.

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Ezra 7:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸And Ezra^[a] came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. ⁹For 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, ^(A)for the good hand of his God was on him. ¹⁰For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it ^(B)and to ^(C)teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

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Ezra 7:8-10

New International Version

⁸Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. ⁹He 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.^(A) ¹⁰For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching^(B) its decrees and laws in Israel.

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Ezra 7:8-10

New King James Version

⁸And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. ⁹On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, ^(A)according to the good hand of his God upon him. ¹⁰For Ezra had prepared his heart to ^(B)seek^[a] the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to ^(C)teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.