diff --git a/ezr/01/02.md b/ezr/01/02.md index e89056df0..36c62abfe 100644 --- a/ezr/01/02.md +++ b/ezr/01/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who did Yahweh appoint to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea? +# Who did Yahweh appoint to build for him a house in Jerusalem? -Yahweh appointed Cyrus to build for him a house in Jerusalem in Judea. +Yahweh appointed Cyrus to build for him a house in Jerusalem. diff --git a/ezr/01/04.md b/ezr/01/04.md index 5ff6d2a64..3020c0594 100644 --- a/ezr/01/04.md +++ b/ezr/01/04.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who would provide the survivors of the land with silver and gold? +# Who would provide silver and gold and goods and livestock for the Jewish people who were returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple? -People of any part of the kingdom where survivors of that land are living would help them with silver and gold. +The Jewish people returning to Jerusalem to rebuild the temple were to be provided silver and gold and goods and livestock by the Jewish men who had been living in the same region. diff --git a/ezr/01/07.md b/ezr/01/07.md index e4d956dbb..408ebc31f 100644 --- a/ezr/01/07.md +++ b/ezr/01/07.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Where had Nebuchadnezzar put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house? -Nebuchadnezzar had put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house in his own gods’ houses. +Nebuchadnezzar had put the objects belonging to Yahweh’s house in the house of his own gods. diff --git a/ezr/02/01.md b/ezr/02/01.md index 244f7f455..ce653f6b8 100644 --- a/ezr/02/01.md +++ b/ezr/02/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who had exiled the people in Babylon? +# Who had exiled the Jewish people living in Babylon? -King Nebuchadnezzar had exiled the people in Babylon. +King Nebuchadnezzar had exiled the Jewish people living in Babylon. diff --git a/ezr/02/62.md b/ezr/02/62.md index b9b7d108c..93d682bf1 100644 --- a/ezr/02/62.md +++ b/ezr/02/62.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why could some of the priests’ descendents not find their geneology in the register? +# Why were some of the the priests' descendents excluded from the priesthood? -The priests’ descendents could not find their geneology in the register since they had defiled their priesthood. +They were excluded from the priesthood because they could not find a record of their geneology. diff --git a/ezr/02/63.md b/ezr/02/63.md index 54c65dbf7..442e8a786 100644 --- a/ezr/02/63.md +++ b/ezr/02/63.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# When could the priests’ descendants eat some of the holy sacrifices? +# When could the priests’ descendants eat the holiest holy food? -The priests’ descendants could eat some of the holy sacrifices after a priest with Urim and Thummim approved. +The priests’ descendants could eat the holiest holy food after a priest stood with the Urim and Thummim. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/02/70.md b/ezr/02/70.md index cd207a554..83422e92b 100644 --- a/ezr/02/70.md +++ b/ezr/02/70.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Where were all the people in Israel? +# Who lived in their cities? -All the people in Israel were in their cities. +The priests, and the Levites, and some from the people, and the ones who sang, and the gatekeepers, and the Nethinim lived in their cities. diff --git a/ezr/03/02.md b/ezr/03/02.md index 7539cd92a..c673e85f2 100644 --- a/ezr/03/02.md +++ b/ezr/03/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his brothers rise up and build the altar of the God of Israel? +# What did Jeshua, the priests, and Zerubbabel and his brothers rise up to do? -They rose up and built the altar to offer burnt offerings as commanded in the Law of Moses. +They rose up to build the altar of the God of Israel so that burnt offerings could be offered on it. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/03/03.md b/ezr/03/03.md index 19f2df67d..7f686b77a 100644 --- a/ezr/03/03.md +++ b/ezr/03/03.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How often did Jeshua and his brothers the priests and Zerubbabel and his brothers offer burnt offerings to Yahweh? +# How often did Jeshua and the priests and Zerubbabel and his brothers offer burnt offerings to Yahweh? -They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh at dawn and evening. +They offered burnt offerings to Yahweh in the morning and in the evening. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/03/07.md b/ezr/03/07.md index 143075bcd..9c9eb7f2e 100644 --- a/ezr/03/07.md +++ b/ezr/03/07.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who authorized cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea? +# Who gave permission for cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea? -Cyrus, king of Persia authorized cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea. +Cyrus, king of Persia, gave permission for cedar trees to be sent from Lebanon to Joppa by sea. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/03/11.md b/ezr/03/11.md index c139ff6c2..93e64da66 100644 --- a/ezr/03/11.md +++ b/ezr/03/11.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How did the people respond because the temple’s foundations had been laid? +# How did all the people respond after the temple’s foundations had been laid? -All the people cried out with a great shout of joy in praise of Yahweh because the temple’s foundations had been laid. +All the people shouted a great shout in praise to Yahweh because the temple's foundation had been laid. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/03/12.md b/ezr/03/12.md index d6ea6c714..d13717343 100644 --- a/ezr/03/12.md +++ b/ezr/03/12.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How did those who had seen the first house respond when this house’s foundations were laid before their eyes? +# How did the people who had seen the first temple respond after seeing the foundation of the second temple? -Those who had seen the first house wept loudly when this house’s foundations were laid before their eyes. But many had shouts of joy with gladness and an excited sound. +They wept with a loud voice. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/01.md b/ezr/04/01.md index e68b96cde..2d1aee059 100644 --- a/ezr/04/01.md +++ b/ezr/04/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did some enemies of Judah and Benjamin hear that the people who had been exiled were doing? +# What did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin hear that the people who had been exiled were doing? -Some enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people who had been exiled were now building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel. +The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people who had been exiled were building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel. diff --git a/ezr/04/02.md b/ezr/04/02.md index 29229ffc2..a6e6b4fae 100644 --- a/ezr/04/02.md +++ b/ezr/04/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# For how long did the enemies say they had sacrificed to Yahweh? +# For how long did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin say that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh? -The enemies said they had sacrificed to Yahweh since the days when they were brought to that place. +Judah and Benjamin's enemies said that they had been sacrificing to Yahweh since the days of Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria. diff --git a/ezr/04/04.md b/ezr/04/04.md index b6a1350c8..ddb1fc1ac 100644 --- a/ezr/04/04.md +++ b/ezr/04/04.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# For how long did the enemies make the Judeans’ hands weak? +# What were the people of the land doing to the people of Judah? -They made the Judeans’ hands weak during all of Cyrus’ days and into the reign of Darius, king of Persia. +The people of the land were making the hands of the people of Judah weak, and making them afraid to build, and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their plans. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/05.md b/ezr/04/05.md index b6a1350c8..65e718640 100644 --- a/ezr/04/05.md +++ b/ezr/04/05.md @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ -# For how long did the enemies make the Judeans’ hands weak? +# What were the people of the land doing to the people of Judah? -They made the Judeans’ hands weak during all of Cyrus’ days and into the reign of Darius, king of Persia. +The people of the land were making the hands of the people of Judah weak, and making them afraid to build, and hiring counselors against them to frustrate their plans. + +# For how long did the people of the land make the hands of the people of Judah weak and make them afraid to build and hire counselors against them to frustrate their plans? + +They people of the land did this to the people of Judah all the days of Cyrus, the king of Persia, and until the reign of Darius, the king of Persia. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/06.md b/ezr/04/06.md index 0855fb27f..0a3e5018e 100644 --- a/ezr/04/06.md +++ b/ezr/04/06.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did the enemies write at the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign? +# What did the enemies of Judah and Benjamin write at the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign? -At the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign, the enemies wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. +At the beginning of Ahasuerus’ reign, the enemies wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/12.md b/ezr/04/12.md index 7a654d0a7..0510cb6ab 100644 --- a/ezr/04/12.md +++ b/ezr/04/12.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did the enemies tell the king about the Jews’ city? +# What did the enemies tell the king about Jerusalem? -The enemies told king that the Jews were building a rebellious city. +The enemies told the king that Jerusalem was a rebellious city. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/14.md b/ezr/04/14.md deleted file mode 100644 index 343be09dd..000000000 --- a/ezr/04/14.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -# Why was it not fitting for the enemies to see any dishonor happen to the king? - -It was not fitting for them to see any dishonor happen to the king because they had eaten the palace salt. diff --git a/ezr/04/18.md b/ezr/04/18.md index bbbfc5256..d51c3337d 100644 --- a/ezr/04/18.md +++ b/ezr/04/18.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, what did he do? +# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him what did the king do? -After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, he ordered an investigation. +After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him the king ordered that the book of the records be searched to see if what the enemies had written about Jerusalem's past history of rebellion was true. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/04/19.md b/ezr/04/19.md index bbbfc5256..d51c3337d 100644 --- a/ezr/04/19.md +++ b/ezr/04/19.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, what did he do? +# After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him what did the king do? -After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was translated and read to him, he ordered an investigation. +After the letter that the enemies sent to the king was read to him the king ordered that the book of the records be searched to see if what the enemies had written about Jerusalem's past history of rebellion was true. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/01.md b/ezr/05/01.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b00ffc296 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/05/01.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# What did the prophets Haggai and Zechariah do? + +They prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and in Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/02.md b/ezr/05/02.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..67ac173b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/05/02.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# What did the Jewish elders Zerubbabel and Jeshua arise and do? + +The Jewish elders Zerubbabel and Jeshua arose and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/05.md b/ezr/05/05.md index 156d4c646..b7bae42fe 100644 --- a/ezr/05/05.md +++ b/ezr/05/05.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# For what were the Jewish elders waiting? +# Did the Jewish elders stop their work of building the temple while they were waiting for king Darius to respond to the letter that Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions sent? -The Jewish elders were waiting for a decree to come from Darius. +The elders of the Jews did not stop their work of rebuilding God's house in Jerusalem while they were waiting for king Darius to respond to the letter that was sent to him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/08.md b/ezr/05/08.md index 7b4b443e9..6b5ec7bbc 100644 --- a/ezr/05/08.md +++ b/ezr/05/08.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # How did Tattenai, Shethar Bozenai, and their fellow officials describe the work on the house of God? -They wrote that the work was being done thoroughly and was going forward well in Jews’ hands. +They wrote that the work was being done diligently and was succeeding. diff --git a/ezr/05/12.md b/ezr/05/12.md index 61db35e9a..5f42be615 100644 --- a/ezr/05/12.md +++ b/ezr/05/12.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why did the God of heaven give the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon? -The God of heaven gave the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon when their ancestors enraged him. +The God of heaven gave the Jews into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon because their ancestors caused him to be angry by sinning against him. diff --git a/ezr/05/14.md b/ezr/05/14.md index 81ba97e5e..a5b0929c3 100644 --- a/ezr/05/14.md +++ b/ezr/05/14.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What items did King Cyrus return to Sheshbazzar? +# What items did King Cyrus give to Sheshbazzar the governor? -King Cyrus returned the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God. +King Cyrus gave Sheshbazzar the gold and silver vessels belonging to the house of God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/15.md b/ezr/05/15.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0ae987f40 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/05/15.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# What did Cyrus the king command Sheshbazzar to do with the silver and gold vessels that belonged to God's house? + +King Cyrus commanded Sheshbazzar to take the silver and gold vessels and deposit them in God's temple in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/05/17.md b/ezr/05/17.md index e95161a65..bf9490197 100644 --- a/ezr/05/17.md +++ b/ezr/05/17.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did the Jews request that the king do? +# What did Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and his companions request that the king do? -They requested that the king investigate in the house of archives in Babylon if a judgment from King Cyrus exists there to build the house of God in Jerusalem. +They requested that the king search in the house of the treasures of the king to see if Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/01.md b/ezr/06/01.md index 84a5bf38a..6fcd096f3 100644 --- a/ezr/06/01.md +++ b/ezr/06/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What was found when King Darius ordered an investigation in the house of archives in Babylon? +# How did king Darius respond to the request that a search be made to see if Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem? -During the investigation that King Darius ordered a scroll was found in the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media. +Darius the king responded to the request by making a decree that a search be made in the house of the books where the treasures had been deposited to see if it was true that king Cyrus had made a decree to build the house of God in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/02.md b/ezr/06/02.md index 84a5bf38a..c3c717d94 100644 --- a/ezr/06/02.md +++ b/ezr/06/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What was found when King Darius ordered an investigation in the house of archives in Babylon? +# What was found when King Darius ordered a search be made in the house of archives in Babylon? -During the investigation that King Darius ordered a scroll was found in the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media. +A scroll was found in the fortress at Ecbatana in the province of Media. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/03.md b/ezr/06/03.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4ebc25a0b --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/06/03.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# What did king Cyrus do in his first year as king? + +King Cyrus made a decree regarding the house of God in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/04.md b/ezr/06/04.md index 64ff3f209..5fbebf557 100644 --- a/ezr/06/04.md +++ b/ezr/06/04.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who was to pay for the house for sacrifice mentioned in King Cyrus’ decree? +# According to the decree of king Cyrus how was the cost of building God's house in Jerusalem to be paid for? -The cost for the house of sacrifice was to be borne by the king’s house. +The cost for building God's house in Jerusalem was to be paid for by the house of the king. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/05.md b/ezr/06/05.md index 4120a5f8c..9104db68d 100644 --- a/ezr/06/05.md +++ b/ezr/06/05.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # According to King Cyrus’ decree what was to be brought back to the house of God? -According to King Cyrus’ decree the gold and silver objects belonging to the house of God that Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem to the temple in Babylon were to be brought back to the house of God in Jerusalem. +According to King Cyrus’ decree the gold and silver vessels belonging to the house of God in Jerusalem that Nebuchadnezzar had taken to Babylon were to be brought back to the house of God in Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/07.md b/ezr/06/07.md index 9e86864e1..0b26cc3d1 100644 --- a/ezr/06/07.md +++ b/ezr/06/07.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Who did Cyrus say would build the house of God? +# After king Darius read the decree of Cyrus what did Darius write to Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions regarding the work that was being done on the house of God in Jerusalem? -Cyrus said the governor and Jewish elders would build the house of God. +Darius commanded Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai and their companions to leave the work on God's house alone and to stay far away from it so that it could be built successfully. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/09.md b/ezr/06/09.md index d85580aca..7166acbc1 100644 --- a/ezr/06/09.md +++ b/ezr/06/09.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Cyrus want to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God? +# Why did Cyrus say that he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed for building the house of God? -Cyrus wanted to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God so they would bring the offering in to the God of Heaven and pray for him and his sons. +Cyrus said he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed to build the house of God so that the Jews could offer sweet-smelling sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/10.md b/ezr/06/10.md index d85580aca..7166acbc1 100644 --- a/ezr/06/10.md +++ b/ezr/06/10.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Cyrus want to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God? +# Why did Cyrus say that he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed for building the house of God? -Cyrus wanted to give the Jews whatever they needed to build the house of God so they would bring the offering in to the God of Heaven and pray for him and his sons. +Cyrus said he wanted the Jews to be given whatever they needed to build the house of God so that the Jews could offer sweet-smelling sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/11.md b/ezr/06/11.md index 5c8d5176f..af5eb7298 100644 --- a/ezr/06/11.md +++ b/ezr/06/11.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What must happen if anyone violates the decree about helping the Jews? +# What did Darius decree must happen to the person who changes the edict. -If anyone violates the decree, a beam must be pulled from his house and he must be impaled on it. His house must then be turned into a garbage heap because of this. +Darius decreed that a beam must be pulled from the persons house and the beam placed upright and the person who had changed the edict be impaled on the beam and their house be made into a rubbish heap. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/14.md b/ezr/06/14.md index c5d37b8e0..22d83eb74 100644 --- a/ezr/06/14.md +++ b/ezr/06/14.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How did Haggai and Zechariah instruct the Jewish elders to build? +# How did Haggai and Zechariah assist the Jewish elders in the work of rebuilding the temple? -Haggai and Zechariah instructed the Jewish elders to build by prophesying. +Haggai and Zechariah prophesied and this helped the elders of the Jews prosper in their work of rebuilding the temple. diff --git a/ezr/06/15.md b/ezr/06/15.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..ec6292818 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/06/15.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# When was the work of rebuilding the temple completed? + +The work of rebuilding the temple was completed on day three of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/20.md b/ezr/06/20.md index c34de2edf..0d983f03f 100644 --- a/ezr/06/20.md +++ b/ezr/06/20.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# For whom did the priests and Levites slaughter the Passover sacrifices? +# For whom did the priests and Levites slaughter the Passover lamb? -The priests and Levites slaughtered the Passover sacrifices for all those who had been in exile, including themselves. +The priests and Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the sons of the exile, and for their brothers, the priests, and for themselves. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/06/22.md b/ezr/06/22.md index 3db811ba0..85b3b1508 100644 --- a/ezr/06/22.md +++ b/ezr/06/22.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did the Jews joyfully celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread? +# Why did the Jews joyfully celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread? -The Jews joyfully celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread, for Yahweh had brought them joy and turned the heart of Assyria’s king to strengthen their hands in the work of his house. +The Jews joyfully celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread because Yahweh had caused them to be joyful, and had caused the heart of the king of Assyria to turn toward them, to strengthen their hands in their work of rebuilding the house of God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/09.md b/ezr/07/09.md index a99ddb6e6..ccc3f95d6 100644 --- a/ezr/07/09.md +++ b/ezr/07/09.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Ezra arrive in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month? +# Why did Ezra arrive in Jerusalem safely after a long journey from Babylon? -On the first day of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, since the good hand of God was with him. +Ezra arrived in Jerusalem safely after a long journey from Babylon because the good hand of his God was on him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/13.md b/ezr/07/13.md index 8ba73baec..ac6284b42 100644 --- a/ezr/07/13.md +++ b/ezr/07/13.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Who was allowed to go to Jerusalem with Ezra? -Anyone from Israel in Artaxerxes’ kingdom, along with their priests and Levites, who desired to go to Jerusalem, could go with Ezra. +King Artaxerxes made a decree that everyone in his kingdom who freely offered to go to Jerusalem with Ezra from the people Israel and from the priests and Levites could go with Ezra. diff --git a/ezr/07/14.md b/ezr/07/14.md index 44f27d518..a0a6e34f3 100644 --- a/ezr/07/14.md +++ b/ezr/07/14.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Israel? +# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem? -The king and his seven counselors sent them out to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to God’s Law that he understood, and to bring the silver and gold that they have freely offered to the God of Israel to Jerusalem, his home. +The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/15.md b/ezr/07/15.md index 44f27d518..7d1424c3f 100644 --- a/ezr/07/15.md +++ b/ezr/07/15.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Israel? +# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem? -The king and his seven counselors sent them out to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to God’s Law that he understood, and to bring the silver and gold that they have freely offered to the God of Israel to Jerusalem, his home. +The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests. diff --git a/ezr/07/16.md b/ezr/07/16.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a0a6e34f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/07/16.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Why did the king and his seven counselors send the Israelites back to Jerusalem? + +The king and his seven counselors sent the Israelites back to Jerusalem to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem and to bring the silver and gold that the king and his counselors had freely offered and to bring all the silver and gold that they found in all the province of Babylon, along with the freewill offerings of the people and the priests. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/20.md b/ezr/07/20.md index 79cb26303..811d7977e 100644 --- a/ezr/07/20.md +++ b/ezr/07/20.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# From where should the Jews take anything else that they needed for the house of their God? +# How were the Jews to pay for additional things they might need for the house of God? -The Jews should take anything else that they needed for the house of their God from Artaxerses’ treasury. +King Artaxerxes decreed that the Jews should take anything else that they needed for the house of their God from Artaxerses’ treasury. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/23.md b/ezr/07/23.md index de0b17ab2..707005993 100644 --- a/ezr/07/23.md +++ b/ezr/07/23.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why should the treasurers do anything that came from the decree of the God of Heaven with devotion for his house? +# Why did Artaxerxes say that the treasurers should do exactly what the God of Heaven decreed regarding the temple? -They should do anything that came from the decree of the God of Heaven with devotion for his house so that his wrath will not come on Artaxerses’ and his sons’ kingdom. +King Artaxerxes said that the treasurers should do exactly what the God of Heaven decreed regarding the temple so that God's wrath would not come against the kingdom of Artaxerxes and his sons. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/26.md b/ezr/07/26.md index 334e26454..f6ab3ca52 100644 --- a/ezr/07/26.md +++ b/ezr/07/26.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How could Ezra punish anyone who did not fully obey God’s law or the king’s law? +# What did king Artaxerxes decree should be done to every person who did not obey the law of Ezra's God and the law of the king? -Ezra could punish anyone who did not fully obey God’s law or the king’s law by killing them, banishing them, confiscating their wealth, or by imprisoning them. +Artaxerxes decreed that whoever would not obey the law of Ezra's God and the law of the king should be punished diligently, either by death, or banishment, or confiscation of goods, or by imprisonment. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/07/28.md b/ezr/07/28.md index c6db2e313..757a1141d 100644 --- a/ezr/07/28.md +++ b/ezr/07/28.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How was Ezra strengthened? +# What caused Ezra to be strengthened? -Ezra was strengthened by the hand of Yahweh his God. +Ezra was strengthened because he realized that the hand of Yahweh his God was on him to help him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/15.md b/ezr/08/15.md index b37fe65e2..316a3b46e 100644 --- a/ezr/08/15.md +++ b/ezr/08/15.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# When Ezra examined the people and priests, what could he not find? +# When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava what could Ezra not find? -When Ezra examined the people and priests, he could not find any descendants of Levi there. +When Ezra examined the people and the priests by the river that flowed to Ahava he could not find any descendants of Levi. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/17.md b/ezr/08/17.md index 0ad148ded..b6cedd800 100644 --- a/ezr/08/17.md +++ b/ezr/08/17.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What was the occupation of Iddo and his relatives? +# Why did Ezra send men to go to Iddo and his brothers? -Iddo and his relatives were temple servants. +Because Ezra wanted Iddo and his brothers to send him Levites who could minister in the house of God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/18.md b/ezr/08/18.md index 8f3a2777c..d5a0d9dc5 100644 --- a/ezr/08/18.md +++ b/ezr/08/18.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What kind of man was Sherebiah? +# How did Ezra describe Sherebiah? -Sherebiah was a prudent man. +Ezra described Sherebiah as a man of insight. diff --git a/ezr/08/22.md b/ezr/08/22.md index 9776af8c9..8a2e8aa55 100644 --- a/ezr/08/22.md +++ b/ezr/08/22.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect them against enemies? +# Why did Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect the Jews against their enemies as they traveled to Jerusalem? -Ezra not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect them against enemies because he was embarrassed. +Ezra did not ask the king for an army or horsemen to protect the Jews against their enemies as they traveled because he was ashamed to ask since the Jews had told the king that the hand of their God is for good upon all those who seek him, and that God's might and nose are against all who forsake him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/29.md b/ezr/08/29.md index e9b94f402..184eb4109 100644 --- a/ezr/08/29.md +++ b/ezr/08/29.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # How long were the twelve men to watch over the gold and silver? -The twelve men were to watch over the gold and silver until they weighed them out before the priestly officials, Levites, and leaders of the ancestors’ clans of Israel in Jerusalem in the rooms of God’s house. +The twelve men were to watch over the gold and silver until they weighed them out before the face of the leaders of the priests and the Levites and the leaders of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of Yahweh. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/31.md b/ezr/08/31.md index 3c009d47a..bae6e4e6b 100644 --- a/ezr/08/31.md +++ b/ezr/08/31.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# In what way was the hand of God on Ezra and the twelve? +# How did Ezra say that God's hand was upon him and the rest of the Jews as they traveled to Jerusalem? -The hand of God was on them in that he protected them from the hand of the enemy and the ones who wished to ambush them along the road. +Ezra said that the hand of God was on Him and his fellow Jews in that God protected them from the hand of their enemies and from ambush as they traveled to Jerusalem. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/08/35.md b/ezr/08/35.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5c1f307ef..000000000 --- a/ezr/08/35.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@ -# To whom did the ones who came back from captivity give the king’s decrees? - -The ones who came back from captivity gave the king’s decrees to the king’s high officials and the governors beyond the River. diff --git a/ezr/08/36.md b/ezr/08/36.md index 5c1f307ef..d16647684 100644 --- a/ezr/08/36.md +++ b/ezr/08/36.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# To whom did the ones who came back from captivity give the king’s decrees? +# To whom were the king’s decrees given? -The ones who came back from captivity gave the king’s decrees to the king’s high officials and the governors beyond the River. +The king’s decrees were given to the satraps of the king and the governors of Beyond-the-River. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/01.md b/ezr/09/01.md index a645f3d1b..1ea478b85 100644 --- a/ezr/09/01.md +++ b/ezr/09/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # In what way did the people of Israel not separate themselves from the people of other lands? -The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands, for they took some of their daughters and sons. +The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands in that they married non-Israelites and allowed their sons to marry non-Israelites. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/02.md b/ezr/09/02.md index a645f3d1b..1ea478b85 100644 --- a/ezr/09/02.md +++ b/ezr/09/02.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # In what way did the people of Israel not separate themselves from the people of other lands? -The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands, for they took some of their daughters and sons. +The people of Israel did not separate themselves from the people of other lands in that they married non-Israelites and allowed their sons to marry non-Israelites. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/03.md b/ezr/09/03.md index d7d369e33..02fb74cfd 100644 --- a/ezr/09/03.md +++ b/ezr/09/03.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # How did Ezra respond to the people’s unfaithfulness? -Ezra ripped his clothing and robe and tore the hair from his head and beard. Then he sat ashamed. +Ezra tore his garment and his robe and pulled out some of the hair of his head and beard, and sat down appalled. diff --git a/ezr/09/06.md b/ezr/09/06.md index 1a24ba1bf..3d45ac93c 100644 --- a/ezr/09/06.md +++ b/ezr/09/06.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why was Ezra ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh? +# Why was Ezra too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh? -Ezra was ashamed and too humiliated to raise his face to Yahweh, for his people’s iniquities increased over their head, and their guilt grew to the heavens. +Ezra was too ashamed and disgraced to raise his face to Yahweh because his people’s iniquity and guilt was great. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/09.md b/ezr/09/09.md index 5e3324492..9ada6c5c2 100644 --- a/ezr/09/09.md +++ b/ezr/09/09.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did Yahweh extend covenant faithfulness to Ezra’s people? +# What did God extend to the Jewish people in their effort to build God's house? -Yahweh extended covenant faithfulness to Ezra’s people in order to give the people new strength so they could rebuild God’s house and raise its ruins. He did that so that he could give them a wall of safety in Judah and Jerusalem. +God extended covenant faithfulness to the Jewish people in their effort to build his house. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/11.md b/ezr/09/11.md index ca7cb1c36..34ff9dc1f 100644 --- a/ezr/09/11.md +++ b/ezr/09/11.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# How was the land contaminated? +# Why did God not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land? -The land was contaminated by the people of the lands with their abominations that they filled from one end to the other with their uncleanness. +God did not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land because the people had made the land impure by their impure behavior and by doing things that were an abomination to God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/12.md b/ezr/09/12.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..34ff9dc1f --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/09/12.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# Why did God not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land? + +God did not want the Israelites to intermarry with the people of the land because the people had made the land impure by their impure behavior and by doing things that were an abomination to God. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/09/13.md b/ezr/09/13.md index 324ae7b29..ce7407622 100644 --- a/ezr/09/13.md +++ b/ezr/09/13.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # What did God hold back? -God held back what the people’s iniquities deserved. +God held himself back from fully judging the Jewish people as their sins deserved and he graciously allowed them to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/01.md b/ezr/10/01.md index 67b537f3c..653f04f23 100644 --- a/ezr/10/01.md +++ b/ezr/10/01.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # What did Ezra do as he prayed and confessed? -As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God’s house. +As Ezra prayed and confessed, he wept and threw himself down before God’s house. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/03.md b/ezr/10/03.md index e6aea2166..a3cad5f92 100644 --- a/ezr/10/03.md +++ b/ezr/10/03.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # What covenant did Shekaniah say the Israelites should make? -He said they should make a covenant with their God to send out all the foreign women and their children. +Shekaniah said that they should make a covenant with their God to send away all the foreign women and their children. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/06.md b/ezr/10/06.md index 9166937d6..78861bd36 100644 --- a/ezr/10/06.md +++ b/ezr/10/06.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why did Ezra not eat any bread or drink any water? -Ezra did not eat any bread or drink any water, since he was mourning concerning the faithlessness of those who had been in captivity. +Ezra did not eat any bread or drink any water because he was mourning the unfaithfulness of the exiles. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/08.md b/ezr/10/08.md index 6a615cbb1..e88def8ad 100644 --- a/ezr/10/08.md +++ b/ezr/10/08.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What happened to anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders? +# What was to happen to any Israelite who did not come to Jerusalem within three days? -Anyone who did not come in three days according to the instructions from the officials and elders forfeited all of his possessions and would be excluded from the great assembly of the people come back from exile. +Any Israelite who did not come to Jerusalem within three days was to have all his property devoted to the ban and was to be separated from the assembly of the exiles. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/09.md b/ezr/10/09.md index 9190c0ec4..c1479e585 100644 --- a/ezr/10/09.md +++ b/ezr/10/09.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# Why did all the people who stood in the square before God’s house tremble? +# What two things caused the people who stood in the open place of God's house to tremble? -All the people stood in the square before God’s house and trembled because of the word and the rain. +All the people who stood in the open place of God's house trembled on account of the matter and because of the rains. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/13.md b/ezr/10/13.md index 2b264c8a9..69871d0e7 100644 --- a/ezr/10/13.md +++ b/ezr/10/13.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ # Why did the Israelites want more time to send away the foreign women? -They wanted more time because there were many people, and it was the rainy season. They had no strength to stand outside. They had greatly transgressed in this matter. +The Israelites wanted more time to send away the foreign women because the people were many and they had done much to rebel in this matter and therefore it would take them more than a day or two to complete the proccess and since it was the rainy season they did not have the strength to stand in the outdoors and complete the process. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/16.md b/ezr/10/16.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7d47e3c20 --- /dev/null +++ b/ezr/10/16.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +# How long did it take to search out the matter of Israelite men who had taken foreign women as wives? + +It took from day one of the tenth month until day one of the first month to search out the matter fully. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/17.md b/ezr/10/17.md index 7d368a706..38ca48cc6 100644 --- a/ezr/10/17.md +++ b/ezr/10/17.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# By what time did the leaders finish discovering which men had lived with foreign women? +# How long did it take to search out the matter of the Israelite men who had taken foreign women as wives? -By the first day of the first month they had finished discovering which men had lived with foreign women. +It took from day one of the tenth month until day one of the first month to search out the matter fully. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/ezr/10/19.md b/ezr/10/19.md index c2879c877..85ba9fd4b 100644 --- a/ezr/10/19.md +++ b/ezr/10/19.md @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -# What did the guilty men offer? +# What did the Israelite men who were guilty of taking foreign women as wives do? -The guilty men offered a ram from the flock for their guilt. +The guilty Israelite men caused their foreign wives to go out from them and they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. \ No newline at end of file