nkjv Ezra:7:1-10 SEEK
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Now after these things ,
in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia ,
Ezra the son of Seraiah ,
the son of Azariah ,
the son of Hilkiah ,
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the son of Shallum ,
the son of Zadok ,
the son of Ahitub ,
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the son of Amariah ,
the son of Azariah ,
the son of Meraioth ,
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the son of Zerahiah ,
the son of Uzzi ,
the son of Bukki ,
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the son of Abishua ,
the son of Phinehas ,
the son of Eleazar ,
the son of Aaron the chief priest --
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this Ezra came up from Babylon ;
and he was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses ,
which the LORD God of Israel had given .
The king granted him all his request ,
according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him .
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Some of the children of Israel ,
the priests ,
the Levites ,
the singers ,
the gatekeepers ,
and the Nethinim came up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes .
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And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month ,
which was in the seventh year of the king .
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On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon ,
and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem ,
according to the good hand of his God upon him .
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD ,
and to do it ,
and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel .