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Ezra 7 · Grade 5

The Good Hand of God

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Ezra 7 introduces the man for whom the book is named. His genealogy runs back through Zadok and Phinehas to Aaron the chief priest, placing him firmly in Israel's priestly line. He was also a scribe, a careful student and copier of the law of Moses. Ezra repeatedly says the good hand of his God was on him.

Verse 10 is the heart of the chapter: Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh's law, to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. The order matters. Ezra did not teach what he had not first studied and practiced. In the New Testament, Paul writes that every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching (2 Timothy 3:16).

The letter of Artaxerxes, written in Aramaic, gave Ezra remarkable support: permission for volunteers to return, gifts from the king and his counselors, supplies from the royal treasurers, tax relief for temple servants, and authority to appoint magistrates who knew God's law. Ezra's response turned from the king to God. He blessed Yahweh, the God of the fathers, who had put such a thing in the king's heart, and he took courage because the hand of Yahweh his God was on him.

Show What You Know

  1. Through whom does Ezra's genealogy run back to Aaron?

  2. What did a scribe do?

  3. Why does the order in 7:10 matter?

  4. What does Paul say every Scripture is profitable for?

  5. What gave Ezra courage?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Ezra had set his ____ to seek Yahweh’s law
  2. Ezra was a skilled one of these.

Down

  1. What Ezra studied.
  2. according to the good ____ of his God on him
  3. and to ____ statutes and ordinances in Israel

Think About It

  1. Ezra set his heart to seek, do, and teach God's word. Which of those three is hardest for you, and how can you grow in it?

  2. Ezra gave God the credit for the king's kindness. How can you remember to give God credit for good things in your life?

Memory Verse

“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.”

Ezra 7:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your Word. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does it mean to seek God's law?
  • How can you learn and obey God's word this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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