For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezra 7:9 in context
Ezra 7:6–12
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this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the LORD his God’s hand on him.
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Some of the children of Israel, including some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
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He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.
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For Ezra had set his heart to seek the LORD’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel.
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Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the LORD’s commandments, and of his statutes to Israel:
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Artaxerxes, king of kings,
To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the perfect God of heaven.
Now
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