Ezr 7:6, Neh 7:73, 8:2, 6-7, Mal 2:6-7 | ESV | STEP | this Ezra went up from Babylonia . He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord , the God of Israel , had given , and the king granted him all that he asked , for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Ezra 7:6

6 this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe ^askilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, ^bfor the hand of the Lord his God was on him.

Nehemiah 7:73

73 So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all Israel, lived in their towns.

^cAnd when the seventh month had come, the people of Israel were in their towns.

Nehemiah 8:2

2 So Ezra the priest ^dbrought the Law before the assembly, both men and women and all who could understand what they heard, ^eon the first day of the seventh month.

Nehemiah 8:6-7

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, ^f“Amen, Amen,” ^glifting up their hands. ^hAnd they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with their faces to the ground. 7 ⁱAlso Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, ^{▼▼Vulgate; Hebrew and the Levites} ^khelped the people to understand the Law, ^lwhile the people remained in their places.

Malachi 2:6-7

6 ^mTrue instruction ^{▼▼Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9} was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he ^oturned many from iniquity. 7 For ^pthe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people ^{▼▼Hebrew they} should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.