Ezra and the Second Group Returns
Questions for Study 5

Ezra 7:1-8:36
Memory Verse: 5

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I. Ezra Devoted Himself (7:1-10)

1. When was it? (1-5) Who is this about? (6) What did he do? What is noted about him? (10) Why?

2. What happened during the seventh year of King Artaxerxes reign? (7-9) Who was with those who returned? Even though all could go why might not have some chosen to go?

II. In Accordance with the Wisdom of God (7:11-28)

3. What did the king give Ezra to bring with him? (11-12) What did he allow? (13-14)

4. What else did the king allow Ezra to take with him? (15-17) What else was they given? (18-20) What can be learned about the Lord?

5. What did the king decree in regard to those who had tried to stop the building of the temple? (21-22) What did the king proclaim was his reason for making this decree? (23) Who was exempt from taxes and how did this protect them? (24) What would be the basis of the judicial system in Judah though they were under a Persian king? (25-26)

6. Who did Ezra credit for all this? Why is it important to remember the Lord Jesus things when things go well?

III. The Second Group Returns to Jerusalem (8:1-36)

7. What problem arose that needed to be solved? (15-20) Why is it important to pay attention to the details in serving the Lord?

8. What did they fast and pray about? (21-23) Why did this go against this world's ways? (24-27) What were the priests and Levites responsible for?

9. How did the Lord answer their prayers? Did they lose any of the offerings? Is the Lord trustworthy even to this day?

10. Why did they offer burnt offerings? What did they tell the royal satraps and governors? How can we offer sacrifices to the Lord?