Discovery BoxEzra 7:6 
Context7:6 This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
Ezra 7:28
Context7:28 He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Ezra 8:18
Context8:18 Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, 1 who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, 2 18 men,
Ezra 8:22
Context8:22 I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy 3 along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger 4 is against everyone who forsakes him.”
1 tn Heb “and Sherebiah.” The words “this man was” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “relatives” (so CEV; NRSV “kin”); also in v. 19.
3 tn A number of modern translations regard this as a collective singular and translate “from enemies” (also in v. 31).
4 tn Heb “his strength and his anger.” The expression is a hendiadys (one concept expressed through two terms).
