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Aaron and Ezra
How Aaron and Ezra are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Aaron was an ancestor of Ezra.
Ezra's genealogy runs back through Zadok and Phinehas to Aaron the chief priest. Ezra, "a ready scribe in the law of Moses", was of Aaron's priestly line.
Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah
Ezra 7:1, King James Version
The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub
Ezra 7:2, King James Version
The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth
Ezra 7:3, King James Version
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki
Ezra 7:4, King James Version
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest
Ezra 7:5, King James Version
a ready scribe in the law of Moses
Ezra 7:6, King James Version
Where they cross: Ezra 7:1-5
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Ezra 7:1-5
1Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,
2The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,
3The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,
4The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
5The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Ezra 7:6
6This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
King James Version