EZRA

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1. A famous scribe and priest

Ezr 7:1-5,6,10,21; Ne 12:36
Appoints a fast
Ezr 8:21
Commissioned by Artaxerxes, returns to Jerusalem with a large group of Jews
Ezr 7:8
His charge to the priests
Ezr 8:29
Exhorts people to put away their heathen wives
Ezr 9; 10:1-17
Reads the law
Ne 8
Reforms corruptions
Ezr 10; Ne 13
Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem
Ne 12:27-43

2. A leading priest among the colonists under Zerubbabel

Ne 12:1
Probably identical with AZARIAH in
Ne 10:2
And
Ezr 7:1

3. A descendant of Judah

1Ch 4:17