...totally forgotten. None among them was more pure-hearted than Ezra. He " had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." It was to reform the abuses which had become common among the Jews...

...by the banks of Euphrates. He went up with deliberate purpose, "Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach Israel statutes and judgments." l Fourteen years passed, and yet little was accomplished, when Nehemiah,...

...by the banks of Euphrates. He went up with deliberate purpose, " Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach Israel statutes and judgments." l Fourteen years passed, and yet little was accomplished, when Nehemiah,...

...was just what we should expect in the author of the ngth Psalm. He "had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments," the very theme, in every variety of expression, of this Psalm. He has...

...forlorn and desolate. CHAPTER XXXII. THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD MAN. ' Ezra 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. THE GOOD PRIEST. Ezra, vii. C-28. BUT the Lord now...

...Babylon to Jerusalem He undertook the expedition by divine command, having "prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." He had also the authority of king Artaxerxes, conveyed in Ezra vii....

...also described as a scribe "skilled in the law of Moses" (Ezra 7:6) who had "set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach [God's] statutes and ordinances in Israel" (Ezra 7:10). After a group of the people of Israel had returned...

...1ЯПВР3 (11) (12) ВНЛ Т» ГТО ПС5 (13) ГР»¡ n-ал VPВ? For Ezra set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do (it), and to teach in Israel statute(s) and judgment(s). (Ezr. 7:10) Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise the end of the...

...book of the law, Ezra came to the Jerusalem Jews with a mission, "for Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel" (7:10). With Ezra, Judaism became a religion of the law and...

...qualifications for the converted ministry: "a man cannot be a fit preacher unless he has Set his heart to study the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach his statutes and ordinances in Israel."^ The preparationist mode of instruction is generally characterized...