And he came to Jerusalem in the [a]fifth month, which was in the seventh year [b]of the king.

For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babel, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem according to the good hand of his God that was upon him.

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach the precepts and judgments in Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 7:8 That contained part of July, and part of August.
  2. Ezra 7:8 Of king Darius.

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