Faith is Shown by Ezra

Faith is Shown by Ezra as he leads a large procession for hundreds of miles through dangerous countryside.

Ezra 8:21. Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, so we could afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of Him a right way for us and for our little ones and for all our substances. 22. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy on the road, because we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon them all for good for those who seek Him, but His power and His wrath is against all those who forsake Him. 23. So we fasted and sought our God for this and He was entreated for us.

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This article is one of 839 in the four-volume One New Man Bible Companion by Rev. William J. Morford: commentary, word studies, myths corrected, Jewish roots, and maps.