Ezra (Priest & Scribe)

A journey · 4 stops

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1. Babylon −459 – −459
A priest and scribe skilled in the Torah, he receives a letter from King Artaxerxes and gathers some fifteen hundred men to return with him.
2. Mari −459 – −459
They travel with gold and silver for the Temple, and no soldiers. Ezra was ashamed to ask the king for a guard, so they fasted and prayed for safety.
3. Damascus −458 – −458
They come through Syria, in the Persian province Beyond the River, four months into the journey.
4. Jerusalem −458 – −440
He teaches the Torah and confronts the people over marriages outside the community. In the square by the Water Gate he reads the Torah aloud as the people weep.