Today's Reading | November 8, 2025
Ezra 7:1–10
Introduction Ezra 7:1–10: In today’s reading, the story has progressed from the completion of the Temple around the end of the sixth century (516 B.C.) to the middle of the fifth century (458 B.C.). The text introduces Ezra, a priest and expert in Jewish Law. He enjoyed a position of favor in the court of the Persian emperor Artaxerxes when…
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