Discovery Box| (0.18) | Ezr 7:11 |
| What follows 1 is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 2 Ezra was 3 a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: |
| (0.18) | Ezr 7:13 |
| I have now issued a decree 1 that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel – even the priests and Levites – who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. 2 |
| (0.18) | Ezr 7:14 |
| You are authorized 1 by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, 2 |
| (0.18) | Ezr 7:23 |
| Everything that the God of heaven has required should be precisely done for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath 1 against the empire of the king and his sons? |
| (0.18) | Neh 1:7 |
| We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses. |
| (0.18) | Neh 1:8 |
| Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. 1 |
| (0.18) | Neh 6:11 |
| But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? 1 I will not go!” |
| (0.18) | Neh 6:19 |
| They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. 1 Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare 2 me. |
| (0.18) | Neh 7:65 |
| The governor 1 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult 2 the Urim and Thummim. |
| (0.18) | Neh 8:14 |
| They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through 1 Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month, |
| (0.18) | Neh 9:13 |
| “You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. |
| (0.18) | Neh 9:14 |
| You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through 1 Moses your servant. |
| (0.18) | Neh 9:23 |
| You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess. |
| (0.18) | Neh 9:34 |
| Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them. |
| (0.18) | Neh 12:31 |
| I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed 1 on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate. |
| (0.18) | Neh 12:45 |
| They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and 1 his son Solomon. |
| (0.18) | Est 1:20 |
| And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated 1 throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. 2 Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.” |
| (0.18) | Est 2:10 |
| Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, 1 for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. 2 |
| (0.18) | Est 2:11 |
| And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing 1 and what might happen to her. |
| (0.18) | Est 3:1 |
| Some time later 1 King Ahasuerus promoted 2 Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position 3 above that of all the officials who were with him. |
