Ezra 7:9 meaning and explanation
He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.
Ezra 7:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra 7:9 comes from Ezra's own account of leading exiles from Babylon to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes of Persia. The verse gives the travel dates: the group left on the first day of the first month and reached Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, roughly four months on the road.
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