Ezra 7:10
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.
Context
This verse from Ezra Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. Ezra the priest, a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, travels from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of Artaxerxes with a royal letter granting him authority, funds, and freedom to appoint judges over the Jewish people. Artaxerxes …
Other Translations
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.
For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.
Cross References
And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.
They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice …
And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your …
O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the …
And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord.
And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, …
And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about …
Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, …
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat …
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord …