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ezr/01/02.md

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-# Who did Yahweh appoint to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea?
+# Who did Yahweh appoint to build for him a house in Jerusalem?
 
-Yahweh appointed Cyrus to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea.
+Yahweh appointed Cyrus to build for him a house in Jerusalem.

ezr/01/04.md

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-# Who would provide the survivors of the land with silver and gold?
+# Who would provide silver and gold and goods and livestock for the Jewish people who were returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple?
 
-People of any part of the kingdom where survivors of that land are living would help them with silver and gold.
+The Jewish people returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple were to be provided silver and gold and goods and livestock by the Jewish men who had been living in the same region. 

ezr/01/07.md

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 # Where had Nebuchadnezzar put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house?
 
-Nebuchadnezzar had put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house in his own gods’ houses.
+Nebuchadnezzar had put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house in the house of his own gods.

ezr/02/01.md

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-# Who had exiled the people in Babylon?
+# Who had exiled the Jewish people living in Babylon?
 
-King Nebuchadnezzar had exiled the people in Babylon.
+King Nebuchadnezzar had exiled the Jewish people living in Babylon.

ezr/02/62.md

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-# Why could some of the priests’ descendents not find their geneology in the register?
+# Why were some of the the priests' descendents excluded from the priesthood? 
 
-The priests’ descendents could not find their geneology in the register since they had defiled their priesthood.
+They were excluded from the priesthood because they could not find a record of their geneology.

ezr/02/63.md

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-# When could the priests’ descendants eat some of the holy sacrifices?
+# When could the priests’ descendants eat the holiest holy food?
 
-The priests’ descendants could eat some of the holy sacrifices after a priest with Urim and Thummim approved.
+The priests’ descendants could eat the holiest holy food after a priest stood with the Urim and Thummim.

ezr/02/70.md

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-# Where were all the people in Israel?
+# Who lived in their cities?
 
-All the people in Israel were in their cities.
+The priests, and the Levites, and some from the people, and the ones who sang, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim lived in their cities.

ezr/03/02.md

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-# Why did Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers rise up and build the altar of the God of Israel?
+# What did Jeshua, the priests, and Zerubbabel and his brothers rise up to do?
 
-They rose up and built the altar to offer burnt offerings as commanded in the Law of Moses.
+They rose up to build the altar of the God of Israel so that burnt offerings could be offered on it.

ezr/03/03.md

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-# How often did Jeshua and his brothers the priests and Zerubbabel and his brothers offer burnt offerings to Yahweh?
+# How often did Jeshua and the priests and Zerubbabel and his brothers offer burnt offerings to Yahweh?
 
-They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh at dawn and evening.
+They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh in the morning and in the evening.

ezr/03/07.md

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-# Who authorized cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea?
+# Who gave permission for cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea?
 
-Cyrus, king of Persia authorized cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea.
+Cyrus, king of Persia, gave permission for cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea.

ezr/03/11.md

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-# How did the people respond because the temple’s foundations had been laid?
+# How did all the people respond after the temple’s foundations had been laid?
 
-All the people cried out with a great shout of joy in praise of Yahweh because the temple’s foundations had been laid.
+All the people shouted a great shout in praise to Yahweh because the temple's foundation had been laid.

ezr/03/12.md

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-# How did those who had seen the first house respond when this house’s foundations were laid before their eyes?
+# How did the people who had seen the first temple respond after seeing the foundation of the second temple?
 
-Those who had seen the first house wept loudly when this house’s foundations were laid before their eyes. But many had shouts of joy with gladness and an excited sound.
+They wept with a loud voice.

ezr/04/01.md

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-# What did some enemies of Judah and Benjamin hear that the people who had been exiled were doing?
+# What did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin hear that the people who had been exiled were doing?
 
-Some enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people who had been exiled were now building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel.
+The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people who had been exiled were building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel.

ezr/04/02.md

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-# For how long did the enemies say they had sacrificed to Yahweh?
+# For how long did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin say that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh?
 
-The enemies said they had sacrificed to Yahweh since the days when they were brought to that place.
+Judah and Benjamin's enemies said that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh since the days of Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria.

ezr/04/04.md

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-# For how long did the enemies make the Judeans’ hands weak?
+# What were the people of the land doing to the people of Judah?
 
-They made the Judeans’ hands weak during all of Cyrus’ days and into the reign of Darius, king of Persia.
+The people of the land were making the hands of the people of Judah weak, and making them afraid to build, and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their plans.

ezr/04/05.md

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-# For how long did the enemies make the Judeans’ hands weak?
+# What were the people of the land doing to the people of Judah?
 
-They made the Judeans’ hands weak during all of Cyrus’ days and into the reign of Darius, king of Persia.
+The people of the land were making the hands of the people of Judah weak, and making them afraid to build, and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their plans.
+
+# For how long did the people of the land make the hands of the people of Judah weak and make them afraid to build and hire counselors against them to frustrate their plans?
+
+They people of the land did this to the people of Judah all the days of Cyrus, the king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius, the king of Persia.

ezr/04/06.md

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-# What did the enemies write at the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign?
+# What did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin write at the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign?
 
-At the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign, the enemies wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.
+At the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign, the enemies wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

ezr/04/12.md

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-# What did the enemies tell the king about the Jews’ city?
+# What did the enemies tell the king about Jerusalem?
 
-The enemies told king that the Jews were building a rebellious city.
+The enemies told the king that Jerusalem was a rebellious city.

ezr/04/14.md

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-# Why was it not fitting for the enemies to see any dishonor happen to the king?
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-It was not fitting for them to see any dishonor happen to the king because they had eaten the palace salt.

ezr/04/18.md

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-# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, what did he do?
+# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him what did the king do?
 
-After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, he ordered an investigation.
+After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him the king ordered that the book of the records be searched to see if what the enemies had written about Jerusalem's past history of rebellion was true.

ezr/04/19.md

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-# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, what did he do?
+# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him what did the king do?
 
-After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, he ordered an investigation.
+After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him the king ordered that the book of the records be searched to see if what the enemies had written about Jerusalem's past history of rebellion was true.

ezr/05/01.md

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+# What did the prophets Haggai and Zechariah do?
+
+They prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel.

ezr/05/02.md

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+# What did the Jewish elders Zerubbabel and Jeshua arise and do? 
+
+The Jewish elders Zerubbabel and Jeshua arose and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem.

ezr/05/05.md

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-# For what were the Jewish elders waiting?
+# Did the Jewish elders stop their work of building the temple while they were waiting for king Darius to respond to the letter that Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions sent?
 
-The Jewish elders were waiting for a decree to come from Darius.
+The elders of the Jews did not stop their work of rebuilding God's house in Jerusalem while they were waiting for king Darius to respond to the letter that was sent to him.

ezr/05/08.md

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 # How did Tattenai, Shethar Bozenai, and their fellow officials describe the work on the house of God?
 
-They wrote that the work was being done thoroughly and was going forward well in Jews’ hands.
+They wrote that the work was being done diligently and was succeeding.

ezr/05/12.md

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 # Why did the God of heaven give the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon?
 
-The God of heaven gave the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon when their ancestors enraged him.
+The God of heaven gave the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon because their ancestors caused him to be angry by sinning against him.

ezr/05/14.md

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-# What items did King Cyrus return to Sheshbazzar?
+# What items did King Cyrus give to Sheshbazzar the governor?
 
-King Cyrus returned the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God.
+King Cyrus gave Sheshbazzar the gold and silver vessels belonging to the house of God.

ezr/05/15.md

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+# What did Cyrus the king command Sheshbazzar to do with the silver and gold vessels that belonged to God's house?
+
+King Cyrus commanded Sheshbazzar to take the silver and gold vessels and deposit them in God's temple in Jerusalem.

ezr/05/17.md

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-# What did the Jews request that the king do?
+# What did Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and his companions request that the king do?
 
-They requested that the king investigate in the house of archives in Babylon if a judgment from King Cyrus exists there to build the house of God in Jerusalem.
+They requested that the king search in the house of the treasures of the king to see if Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem.

ezr/06/01.md

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-# What was found when King Darius ordered an investigation in the house of archives in Babylon?
+# How did king Darius respond to the request that a search be made to see if Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem?
 
-During the investigation that King Darius ordered a scroll was found in the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media.
+Darius the king responded to the request by making a decree that a search be made in the house of the books where the treasures had been deposited to see if it was true that king Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem.

ezr/06/02.md

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-# What was found when King Darius ordered an investigation in the house of archives in Babylon?
+# What was found when King Darius ordered a search be made in the house of archives in Babylon?
 
-During the investigation that King Darius ordered a scroll was found in the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media.
+A scroll was found in the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media.

ezr/06/03.md

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+# What did king Cyrus do in his first year as king?
+
+King Cyrus made a decree regarding the house of God in Jerusalem.

ezr/06/04.md

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-# Who was to pay for the house for sacrifice mentioned in King Cyrus’ decree?
+# According to the decree of king Cyrus how was the cost of building God's house in Jerusalem to be paid for?
 
-The cost for the house of sacrifice was to be borne by the king’s house.
+The cost for building God's house in Jerusalem was to be paid for by the house of the king.

ezr/06/05.md

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 # According to King Cyrus’ decree what was to be brought back to the house of God?
 
-According to King Cyrus’ decree the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God that Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem to the temple in Babylon were to be brought back to the house of God in Jerusalem.
+According to King Cyrus’ decree the gold and silver vessels belonging to the house of God in Jerusalem that Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon were to be brought back to the house of God in Jerusalem.

ezr/06/07.md

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-# Who did Cyrus say would build the house of God?
+# After king Darius read the decree of Cyrus what did Darius write to Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions regarding the work that was being done on the house of God in Jerusalem?
 
-Cyrus said the governor and Jewish elders would build the house of God.
+Darius commanded Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions to leave the work on God's house alone and to stay far away from it so that it could be built successfully.

ezr/06/09.md

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-# Why did Cyrus want to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God?
+# Why did Cyrus say that he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed for building the house of God?
 
-Cyrus wanted to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God so they would bring the offering in to the God of Heaven and pray for him and his sons.
+Cyrus said he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed to build the house of God so that the Jews could offer sweet-smelling sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

ezr/06/10.md

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-# Why did Cyrus want to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God?
+# Why did Cyrus say that he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed for building the house of God?
 
-Cyrus wanted to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God so they would bring the offering in to the God of Heaven and pray for him and his sons.
+Cyrus said he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed to build the house of God so that the Jews could offer sweet-smelling sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.

ezr/06/11.md

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-# What must happen if anyone violates the decree about helping the Jews?
+# What did Darius decree must happen to the person who changes the edict.
 
-If anyone violates the decree, a beam must be pulled from his house and he must be impaled on it. His house must then be turned into a garbage heap because of this.
+Darius decreed that a beam must be pulled from the persons house and the beam  placed upright and the person who had changed the edict be impaled on the beam and their house be made into a rubbish heap.

ezr/06/14.md

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-# How did Haggai and Zechariah instruct the Jewish elders to build?
+# How did Haggai and Zechariah assist the Jewish elders in the work of rebuilding the temple?
 
-Haggai and Zechariah instructed the Jewish elders to build by prophesying.
+Haggai and Zechariah prophesied and this helped the elders of the Jews prosper in their work of rebuilding the temple.

ezr/06/15.md

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+# When was the work of rebuilding the temple completed?
+
+The work of rebuilding the temple was completed on day three of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

ezr/06/20.md

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-# For whom did the priests and Levites slaughter the Passover sacrifices?
+# For whom did the priests and Levites slaughter the Passover lamb?
 
-The priests and Levites slaughtered the Passover sacrifices for all those who had been in exile, including themselves.
+The priests and Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the sons of the exile, and for their brothers, the priests, and for themselves.

ezr/06/22.md

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-# Why did the Jews joyfully celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread?
+# Why did the Jews joyfully celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread?
 
-The Jews joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread, for Yahweh had brought them joy and turned the heart of Assyria’s king to strengthen their hands in the work of his house.
+The Jews joyfully celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread because Yahweh had caused them to be joyful, and had caused the heart of the king of Assyria to turn toward them, to strengthen their hands in their work of rebuilding the house of God.

ezr/07/09.md

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-# Why did Ezra arrive in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month?
+# Why did Ezra arrive in Jerusalem safely after a long journey from Babylon?
 
-On the first day of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, since the good hand of God was with him.
+Ezra arrived in Jerusalem safely after a long journey from Babylon because the good hand of his God was on him.

ezr/07/13.md

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 # Who was allowed to go to Jerusalem with Ezra?
 
-Anyone from Israel in Artaxerxes’ kingdom, along with their priests and Levites, who desired to go to Jerusalem, could go with Ezra.
+King Artaxerxes made a decree that everyone in his kingdom who freely offered to go to Jerusalem with Ezra from the people Israel and from the priests and Levites could go with Ezra.

ezr/07/14.md

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-# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Israel?
+# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem?
 
-The king and his seven counselors sent them out to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to God’s Law that he understood, and to bring the silver and gold that they have freely offered to the God of Israel to Jerusalem, his home.
+The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests.

ezr/07/15.md

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-# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Israel?
+# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem?
 
-The king and his seven counselors sent them out to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to God’s Law that he understood, and to bring the silver and gold that they have freely offered to the God of Israel to Jerusalem, his home.
+The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests.

ezr/07/16.md

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+# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem?
+
+The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests.

ezr/07/20.md

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-# From where should the Jews take anything else that they needed for the house of their God?
+# How were the Jews to pay for additional things they might need for the house of God?
 
-The Jews should take anything else that they needed for the house of their God from Artaxerses’ treasury.
+King Artaxerxes decreed that the Jews should take anything else that they needed for the house of their God from Artaxerses’ treasury.

ezr/07/23.md

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-# Why should the treasurers do anything that came from the decree of the God of Heaven with devotion for his house?
+# Why did Artaxerxes say that the treasurers should do exactly what the God of Heaven decreed regarding the temple?
 
-They should do anything that came from the decree of the God of Heaven with devotion for his house so that his wrath will not come on Artaxerses’ and his sons’ kingdom.
+King Artaxerxes said that the treasurers should do exactly what the God of Heaven decreed regarding the temple so that God's wrath would not come against the kingdom of Artaxerxes and his sons.

ezr/07/26.md

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-# How could Ezra punish anyone who did not fully obey God’s law or the king’s law?
+# What did king Artaxerxes decree should be done to every person who did not obey the law of Ezra's God and the law of the king?
 
-Ezra could punish anyone who did not fully obey God’s law or the king’s law by killing them, banishing them, confiscating their wealth, or by imprisoning them.
+Artaxerxes decreed that whoever would not obey the law of Ezra's God and the law of the king should be punished diligently, either by death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or by imprisonment.

ezr/07/28.md

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-# How was Ezra strengthened?
+# What caused Ezra to be strengthened?
 
-Ezra was strengthened by the hand of Yahweh his God.
+Ezra was strengthened because he realized that the hand of Yahweh his God was on him to help him.

ezr/08/15.md

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-# When Ezra examined the people and priests, what could he not find?
+# When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava what could Ezra not find?
 
-When Ezra examined the people and priests, he could not find any descendants of Levi there.
+When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava he could not find any descendants of Levi.

ezr/08/17.md

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-# What was the occupation of Iddo and his relatives?
+# Why did Ezra send men to go to Iddo and his brothers?
 
-Iddo and his relatives were temple servants.
+Because Ezra wanted Iddo and his brothers to send him Levites who could minister in the house of God.

ezr/08/18.md

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-# What kind of man was Sherebiah?
+# How did Ezra describe Sherebiah?
 
-Sherebiah was a prudent man.
+Ezra described Sherebiah as a man of insight.

ezr/08/22.md

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-# Why did Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect them against enemies?
+# Why did Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect the Jews against their enemies as they traveled to Jerusalem?
 
-Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect them against enemies because he was embarrassed.
+Ezra did not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect the Jews against their enemies as they traveled because he was ashamed to ask since the Jews had told the king that the hand of their God is for good upon all those who seek him, and that God's might and nose are against all who forsake him.

ezr/08/29.md

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 # How long were the twelve men to watch over the gold and silver?
 
-The twelve men were to watch over the gold and silver until they weighed them out before the priestly officials, Levites, and leaders of the ancestors’ clans of Israel in Jerusalem in the rooms of God’s house.
+The twelve men were to watch over the gold and silver until they weighed them out before the face of the leaders of the priests and the Levites and the leaders of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh.

ezr/08/31.md

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-# In what way was the hand of God on Ezra and the twelve?
+# How did Ezra say that God's hand was upon him and the rest of the Jews as they traveled to Jerusalem?
 
-The hand of God was on them in that he protected them from the hand of the enemy and the ones who wished to ambush them along the road.
+Ezra said that the hand of God was on Him and his fellow Jews in that God protected them from the hand of their enemies and from ambush as they traveled to Jerusalem.

ezr/08/35.md

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-# To whom did the ones who came back from captivity give the king’s decrees?
-
-The ones who came back from captivity gave the king’s decrees to the king’s high officials and the governors beyond the River.

ezr/08/36.md

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-# To whom did the ones who came back from captivity give the king’s decrees?
+# To whom were the king’s decrees given?
 
-The ones who came back from captivity gave the king’s decrees to the king’s high officials and the governors beyond the River.
+The king’s decrees were given to the satraps of the king and the governors of Beyond-the-River.

ezr/09/01.md

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 # In what way did the people of Israel not separate themselves from the people of other lands?
 
-The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands, for they took some of their daughters and sons.
+The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands in that they married non-Israelites and allowed their sons to marry non-Israelites.

ezr/09/02.md

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 # In what way did the people of Israel not separate themselves from the people of other lands?
 
-The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands, for they took some of their daughters and sons.
+The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands in that they married non-Israelites and allowed their sons to marry non-Israelites.

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 # How did Ezra respond to the people’s unfaithfulness?
 
-Ezra ripped his clothing and robe and tore the hair from his head and beard. Then he sat ashamed.
+Ezra tore his garment and his robe and pulled out some of the hair of his head and beard, and sat down appalled.

ezr/09/06.md

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-# Why was Ezra ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh?
+# Why was Ezra too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh?
 
-Ezra was ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh, for his people’s iniquities increased over their head, and their guilt grew to the heavens.
+Ezra was too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh because his people’s iniquity and guilt was great.

ezr/09/09.md

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-# Why did Yahweh extend covenant faithfulness to Ezra’s people?
+# What did God extend to the Jewish people in their effort to build God's house?
 
-Yahweh extended covenant faithfulness to Ezra’s people in order to give the people new strength so they could rebuild God’s house and raise its ruins. He did that so that he could give them a wall of safety in Judah and Jerusalem.
+God extended covenant faithfulness to the Jewish people in their effort to build his house.

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-# How was the land contaminated?
+# Why did God not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land?
 
-The land was contaminated by the people of the lands with their abominations that they filled from one end to the other with their uncleanness.
+God did not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land because the people had made the land impure by their impure behavior and by doing things that were an abomination to God.

ezr/09/12.md

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+# Why did God not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land?
+
+God did not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land because the people had made the land impure by their impure behavior and by doing things that were an abomination to God.

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 # What did God hold back?
 
-God held back what the people’s iniquities deserved.
+God held himself back from fully judging the Jewish people as their sins deserved and he graciously allowed them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple.

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 # What did Ezra do as he prayed and confessed?
 
-As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God’s house.
+As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God’s house.

ezr/10/03.md

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 # What covenant did Shekaniah say the Israelites should make?
 
-He said they should make a covenant with their God to send out all the foreign women and their children.
+Shekaniah said that they should make a covenant with their God to send away  all the foreign women and their children.

ezr/10/06.md

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 # Why did Ezra not eat any bread or drink any water?
 
-Ezra did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity.
+Ezra did not eat any bread or drink any water because he was mourning the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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-# What happened to anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders?
+# What was to happen to any Israelite who did not come to Jerusalem within three days?
 
-Anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders forfeited all of his possessions and would be excluded from the great assembly of the people come back from exile.
+Any Israelite who did not come to Jerusalem within three days was to have all his property devoted to the ban and was to be separated from the assembly of the exiles.

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-# Why did all the people who stood in the square before God’s house tremble?
+# What two things caused the people who stood in the open place of God's house to tremble?
 
-All the people stood in the square before God’s house and trembled because of the word and the rain.
+All the people who stood in the open place of God's house trembled on account of the matter and because of the rains.

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 # Why did the Israelites want more time to send away the foreign women?
 
-They wanted more time because there were many people, and it was the rainy season. They had no strength to stand outside. They had greatly transgressed in this matter.
+The Israelites wanted more time to send away the foreign women because the people were many and they had done much to rebel in this matter and therefore it would take them more than a day or two to complete the proccess and since it was the rainy season they did not have the strength to stand in the outdoors and complete the process.

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+# How long did it take to search out the matter of Israelite men who had taken foreign women as wives?
+
+It took from day one of the tenth month until day one of the first month to search out the matter fully.

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-# By what time did the leaders finish discovering which men had lived with foreign women?
+# How long did it take to search out the matter of the Israelite men who had taken foreign women as wives?
 
-By the first day of the first month they had finished discovering which men had lived with foreign women.
+It took from day one of the tenth month until day one of the first month to search out the matter fully.

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-# What did the guilty men offer?
+# What did the Israelite men who were guilty of taking foreign women as wives do?
 
-The guilty men offered a ram from the flock for their guilt.
+The guilty Israelite men caused their foreign wives to go out from them and they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.