daily reading 38.1 (Ezra 7:1–7)
5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023
Our opening prayer for this week:
O Lord, you have in your pure grace
Made shine on us a Father’s face:
Arise, your holy name make known;
Take up your power and reign alone;
On earth, in us, let your pure will
Be done as angels do it still.
O King and Father, kind and dread,
Give us this day our daily bread;
Forgive us, who have learned to bless
Our enemies, all trespasses;
Spare us temptation; let us be
From Satan set forever free.
Yours is the kingdom; unto you
We bow the knee in homage true.
And yours the pow’r; no power is there
That stands against you anywhere.
The glory yours; by every tongue
Your praise shall be forever sung! Amen.
Ezra 7:1–7
- After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra— Seraiah's son, Azariah's son, Hilkiah's son, 2 Shallum's son, Zadok's son, Ahitub's son, 3 Amariah's son, Azariah's son, Meraioth's son, 4 Zerahiah's son, Uzzi's son, Bukki's son, 5 Abishua's son, Phinehas's son, Eleazar's son, the chief priest Aaron's son 6 — came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was on him.
- 7 Some of the Israelites, priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants accompanied him to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes.
Helpful notes on Ezra 7:1–7
Comments
Post a Comment