The TanakhKetuvim
Ezra–Nehemiahעזרא־נחמיה
Ezra–Nehemiah is one book of two parts, recording the return from Babylon, the rebuilding of the Temple and of Jerusalem’s wall, and the public reading of the Torah. Parts of Ezra are in Aramaic. Tradition names Ezra as its writer, with Nehemiah completing it.
- Chapters
- 23
- Verses
- 685
- Words
- 9,066
- Letters
- 38,277
Ezra 1:1, the first of 685 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:
Ezra
עזרא
Nehemiah
נחמיה