diff --git a/ezr/02/62.md b/ezr/02/62.md index 6e0799e09..1772b9d06 100644 --- a/ezr/02/62.md +++ b/ezr/02/62.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why were some of the the priests’ descendents excluded from the priesthood? +# Why were some of the the priests’ descendants excluded from the priesthood? They were excluded from the priesthood because they could not find a record of their geneology. diff --git a/ezr/04/02.md b/ezr/04/02.md index 9a95dc977..b842c276f 100644 --- a/ezr/04/02.md +++ b/ezr/04/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# For how long did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin say that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh? +# For how long did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin say that they themselves had been sacrificing to Yahweh? -Judah and Benjamin’s enemies said that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh since the days of Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria. +Judah and Benjamin’s enemies said that they themselves had been sacrificing to Yahweh since the days of Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria. diff --git a/ezr/04/18.md b/ezr/04/18.md index 2aab1e182..e7042fc8c 100644 --- a/ezr/04/18.md +++ b/ezr/04/18.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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 read to him, what did the king do? -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. +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. diff --git a/ezr/05/05.md b/ezr/05/05.md index 2b9419829..1e05e1f85 100644 --- a/ezr/05/05.md +++ b/ezr/05/05.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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? +# 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 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. +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. diff --git a/ezr/06/01.md b/ezr/06/01.md index 23c1eaa7b..b33e2a41e 100644 --- a/ezr/06/01.md +++ b/ezr/06/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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? +# 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? 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. diff --git a/ezr/06/03.md b/ezr/06/03.md index aebf9cf46..4cd8f8b3e 100644 --- a/ezr/06/03.md +++ b/ezr/06/03.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did king Cyrus do in his first year as king? +# What did King Cyrus do in his first year as king? King Cyrus made a decree regarding the house of God in Jerusalem. diff --git a/ezr/06/04.md b/ezr/06/04.md index 1fc11af0d..84a7d4c1b 100644 --- a/ezr/06/04.md +++ b/ezr/06/04.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# According to the decree of king Cyrus how was the cost of building God’s house in Jerusalem to be paid for? +# 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 building God’s house in Jerusalem was to be paid for by the house of the king. diff --git a/ezr/06/05.md b/ezr/06/05.md index 9334dccb8..67c04cd78 100644 --- a/ezr/06/05.md +++ b/ezr/06/05.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# According to King Cyrus’ decree what was to be brought back to the house of God? +# 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 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. +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. diff --git a/ezr/06/07.md b/ezr/06/07.md index c737c90ab..2e800364f 100644 --- a/ezr/06/07.md +++ b/ezr/06/07.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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? +# 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? 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. diff --git a/ezr/06/11.md b/ezr/06/11.md index 3934970aa..8ec6d3b62 100644 --- a/ezr/06/11.md +++ b/ezr/06/11.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did Darius decree must happen to the person who changes the edict. +# What did Darius decree must happen to the person who changes the edict? -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. +Darius decreed that a beam must be pulled from the person's 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. diff --git a/ezr/06/15.md b/ezr/06/15.md index 0ee4fe0eb..c249606e8 100644 --- a/ezr/06/15.md +++ b/ezr/06/15.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # 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. +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. diff --git a/ezr/07/06.md b/ezr/07/06.md index bde90c5cc..1457f4d4b 100644 --- a/ezr/07/06.md +++ b/ezr/07/06.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # What was Ezra’s occupation? -He was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses. +He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses. diff --git a/ezr/07/26.md b/ezr/07/26.md index fcecd0d57..d8aab26ef 100644 --- a/ezr/07/26.md +++ b/ezr/07/26.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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? +# 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? 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. diff --git a/ezr/08/15.md b/ezr/08/15.md index ca439b885..42b192c4e 100644 --- a/ezr/08/15.md +++ b/ezr/08/15.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# 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 the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava, what could Ezra not find? -When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava he could not find any descendants of Levi. +When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava, he could not find any descendants of Levi. diff --git a/ezr/08/17.md b/ezr/08/17.md index a0e79d586..d6621a04f 100644 --- a/ezr/08/17.md +++ b/ezr/08/17.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why did Ezra send men to go to Iddo and his brothers? -Because Ezra wanted Iddo and his brothers to send him Levites who could minister in the house of God. +Ezra sent men to Iddo and his brothers because he wanted Iddo and his brothers to send him Levites who could minister in the house of God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/31.md b/ezr/08/31.md index 6723b41ba..d735d7470 100644 --- a/ezr/08/31.md +++ b/ezr/08/31.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # How did Ezra say that God’s hand was upon him and the rest of the Jews as they traveled to Jerusalem? -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. +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. diff --git a/ezr/09/06.md b/ezr/09/06.md index d6f92647c..051b13619 100644 --- a/ezr/09/06.md +++ b/ezr/09/06.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why was Ezra too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh? -Ezra was too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh because his people’s iniquity and guilt was great. +Ezra was too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh because his people’s iniquity and guilt were great. diff --git a/ezr/10/13.md b/ezr/10/13.md index ab30f84ae..fb0571ead 100644 --- a/ezr/10/13.md +++ b/ezr/10/13.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why did the Israelites want more time to send away the foreign women? -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. +The Israelites wanted more time to send away the foreign women because the people were many, they had done much to rebel in this matter, and therefore, it would take them more than a day or two to complete the process. It was the rainy season, and they did not have the strength needed to stand in the outdoors to complete the process. \ No newline at end of file