Ezra 8:31 meaning and explanation
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.
Ezra 8:31, Berean Standard Bible
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Ezra is speaking, describing the departure of the returning exiles from the Ahava Canal in the first month, the same season as Passover. They had camped there to gather the people and the temple treasures, and Ezra had proclaimed a fast because he was ashamed to ask King Artaxerxes for a military escort after telling him that God's hand protects those who seek Him.
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