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Ezra and Nehemiah
How Ezra and Nehemiah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Ezra and Nehemiah stood together.
Ezra the scribe read the law in Jerusalem while Nehemiah was governor, and together they told the weeping people that the day was holy.
Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe
Nehemiah 8:9, King James Version
in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe
Nehemiah 12:26, King James Version
Where they cross: Nehemiah 8:9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Nehemiah 8:9
9And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
Nehemiah 12:26
26These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.
King James Version