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Ezra - Chapters 7-10
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Artaxerxes is now king of Persia, and he allowed Ezra and a second group of exiles to go home to Jerusalem. The king even provided financially for them to go. Ezra was a descendant of Aaron, the first high priest, and 7:10 says, "For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel." The trip took about four months, and the Lord protected them from harm all the way. Once they got settled, the issue arose that the Jews had intermarried with neighboring nations and religions, and this brought great concern because that was one of the reasons that the Jew's hearts had turned from the Lord in the first place which caused the exile. They prayed about it, sought the Lord, and then each family met with the elders and judges to decide what to do. Their goal was to be pleasing and holy unto the Lord.
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