Ezra 7:9
New American Standard Bible 1995
9 For on the first of the first month [a]he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (A)because the good hand of his God was upon him.
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- Ezra 7:9 Lit was the foundation
Ezra 7:28
New American Standard Bible 1995
28 and (A)has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king’s mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to (B)the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered [a]leading men from Israel to go up with me.
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- Ezra 7:28 Lit heads
Ezra 8:22
New American Standard Bible 1995
22 For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to [a]protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, “(A)The hand of our God is [b]favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but (B)His power and His anger are against all those who (C)forsake Him.”
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