Ezra 7:10
in Ezra 7For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
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ASV
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
KJV
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
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Commentary
5 notes on this verseEzra had prepared his heart - Here is a fine character of a minister of God: He prepares, הכין hechin, he fixes, purposes, and determines, לבבו lebabo, with his heart - with all his powers and affections, to seek the law of God, and to do it himself, that he may be properly qualified to teach its statutes and judgments to Israel.
This site's exposition
had set his heart to study the Law
Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. The order is the sentence's own argument, study before practice and practice before teaching. Adam Clarke gives the Hebrew verb the sense of fixed and determined.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
For Ezra had prepared his heart, etc. Oh, what great virtue of this saying, what sublimity of merit, for a man to prepare his heart for the obedience of the divine will, and to be able to say: "My heart is ready, O God, my …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
This use we must make of our knowledge of the scriptures; for happy are we if we do what we know of the will of God. (4.) He set himself to teach Israel the statutes and judgments of that law. What he knew he was willing to communicate for the good of others; for the ministration of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
For Ezra.. Therefore, he went and prospered in his way, because Ezra prepared his heart, etc. He gives a reason for his words.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עֶזְרָא֙ | ʾezra' | Ezra | H5830 → | 22 times |
| הֵכִ֣ין | hekhin | he had directed | H3559 → | |
| לְבָב֔וֹ | levavo | heart his | H3824 → | |
| לִדְר֛וֹשׁ | lidroosh | to study | H1875 → | 164 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| תּוֹרַ֥ת | torat | [the] law of | H8451 → | 219 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת | velaasot | and to do [it] | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד | ulelamed | and to teach | H3925 → | |
| בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | beyisrael | in Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| חֹ֥ק | chok | decree | H2706 → | |
| וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ ס | umishpat | and judgment | H4941 → |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עֶזְרָא֙Ezra
ʾezra'H5830 →22 times
הֵכִ֣יןhe had directed
hekhinH3559 →
לְבָב֔וֹheart his
levavoH3824 →
לִדְר֛וֹשׁto study
lidrooshH1875 →164 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
תּוֹרַ֥ת[the] law of
toratH8451 →219 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑תand to do [it]
velaasotH6213 →2628 times
וּלְלַמֵּ֥דand to teach
ulelamedH3925 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לin Israel
beyisraelH3478 →2507 times
חֹ֥קdecree
chokH2706 →
וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ סand judgment
umishpatH4941 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
it leads to
- Luke 11:28
But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Luke 6:47–49
I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
- John 13:17
If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
- Luke 11:28
Through
Psalms 1:2But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
it leads to
- Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- Psalms 119:92
If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalms 119:11
I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Romans 7:22
For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.
- Joshua 1:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.