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Ezra 7:9
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For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
About Ezra 7:9
Ezra 7:9 from Ezra speaks directly to First Fruits Feast and First Fruits, offering wisdom drawn from the Old Testament tradition. This passage in the history literature of Scripture is widely cherished by students and teachers alike.
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- 1 John 4:19
“We love him, because he first loved us.”
- 2 Chronicles 8:13
“Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.”
- 2 Chronicles 29:17
“Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord: so they sanctified the house of the Lord in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end.”
- Deuteronomy 16:16
“Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the Lord empty:”
- Genesis 8:13
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
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How to Apply Ezra 7:9
Study Ezra 7:9 in context by reading the surrounding passage in Ezra. Identify one person in your life who might be encouraged by this verse on the theme of First Fruits Feast. Share it with them and open a conversation rooted in Scripture — sometimes the most practical application is passing the Word along.