 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - Bible - 1826 - 394 pages
...A. A Jewish priest: " he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses—and had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." Q. To what circumstance does Ezra owe his celebrity A. To his influence... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...Jerusalem, according to the good hand of h» God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 1 1 If Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 814 pages
...character as a Christian pastor. It may truly be said of him, that " be had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." He had completely that first and great recommendation of a religious... | |
 | John Webster Morris - Baptists - 1830 - 342 pages
...work was Ezra, ' a ready scribe in the law of his God ;' a man who had ' prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments;' a man who ' fasted and prayed at the river Aliava,' previous to his... | |
 | George Pretyman - Bible - 1832 - 406 pages
...Jeremiah, and Ezra is called " a ready Scribe in the law of Moses, having prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments (#);" but there is no mention of the Scribes being formed into a distinct... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...the filth month which was in the seventh year of the king. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 11 IT Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave... | |
 | Apologetics - 1834 - 640 pages
...temper and behaviour of Ezra the priest are thus described: — " Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments."* From the whole tenor of the Scrii>tures, indeed, it appears that their... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...faithful and wise servant. Of Ezra the scribe it is recorded that "he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments" (Ezra vii. 10); and it is the declaration of the Lord by the prophet... | |
 | Edward Greswell - 1837 - 578 pages
...God of heaven h ; as a ready scribe in the law of Moses ' ; as one who had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments k : which he was to execute according to the law of his God which was... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 852 pages
...Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. 10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek , to do according unto all that which is written c Israel statutes and judgments. 1 1 f Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave... | |
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For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. 
