| 1868 - 398 pages
...books collected and arranged by Ezra, of whom it is written that he " had prepared hia heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." Then, in the time of Nehemiah, there was such a reading of the book... | |
| 1868 - 396 pages
...i. 3. They were all filled with the Holy Ghost.— Acts ii. 4. Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel. — Ezra vii. 10. I will speak of excellent tiiings; and the opening of my lips shall be right... | |
| Thomas Inman - 1868 - 1026 pages
...moreover, told that Ezra was a "ready scribe" (Ch. viii. 6), and that he prepared his heart " to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments " (Ch. vii. 10). This statement implies, firstly, that the people did... | |
| William Meynell Whittemore - 1868 - 592 pages
...office of teacher ; for years before it had been said of him " that he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach Israel " (Ezra vii. 10) ; and he was well instructed in God's word himself (Ezra vii. 6). If you would... | |
| B. S. - 1869 - 198 pages
...Jeremiah, and Ezra is called " a ready Scribe in the law of Moses, having prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments," but there is no mention of the Scribes being formed into a distinct... | |
| Elijah Porter Barrows - 1869 - 590 pages
...commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel," a man who " had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." d The work in which he and his associates were engaged was the re-establishment... | |
| Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1869 - 416 pages
...Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. 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. Ezra vii. 9, 10. Nothing can be more encouraging than this account of... | |
| S. E. Scholes - 1869 - 202 pages
...Ezra, who is spoken of as a "ready scribe" in the law of Moses, who " 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., 6, 10. He was the grandson of Seraiah, who was priest in... | |
| Henry Dartnall - 1870 - 542 pages
...their brethren the priests, and for themselves. „ 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. Neh. 10 • 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites,... | |
| 1870 - 790 pages
...prominent in the work of rebuilding the city. Their functions are described by the former thus : " To seek the law of the Lord and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments." (Ezra vii. 10.) The era of the completion of the canon of the Old Testament... | |
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