The TanakhKetuvimEzra–Nehemiah
Ezraעזרא
Ezra is one part of Ezra–Nehemiah, which the traditional count reckons as a single book. These are Ezra’s own chapter numbers.
- Chapters
- 10
- Verses
- 280
- Words
- 3,754
- Letters
- 15,764
Ezra 1:1, the first of 280 verses
וּבִשְׁנַ֣ת אַחַ֗ת לְכ֨וֹרֶשׁ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס לִכְל֥וֹת דְּבַר־יְקוָ֖ק מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֑ה הֵעִ֣יר יְקוָ֗ק אֶת־ר֨וּחַ֙ כֹּ֣רֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַ֔ס וַיַּֽעֲבֶר־קוֹל֙ בְּכָל־מַלְכוּת֔וֹ וְגַם־בְּמִכְתָּ֖ב לֵאמֹֽר׃
NOW IN the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying: