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	Esdras
		Esdras was of priestly descent and belonged to the line of Sardoc (I Esdras, vii, 1-5).
		Esdras continued the public reading of the Law every day of the feast; and two days after its close a strict fast was held, and "they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers" (II Esdras, ix, 2).
		Esdras A of the Septuagint is III Esdras of St. Jerome, whereas the Greek Esdras B corresponds to I and II Esdras of the Vulgate, which were originally united into one book.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/e/esdras.html (3049 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Esdras (Ezra)
		Esdras was of priestly descent and belonged to the line of Sardoc (Ezra 7:1-5).
		Esdras continued the public reading of the Law every day of the feast; and two days after its close a strict fast was held, and "they stood, and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers" (Nehemiah 9:2).
		It was formally recited by the princes, the Levites, and the priests, and signed by Nehemias and chosen representatives of the priests, the Levites, and the people (strange as it may appear, Esdras's name is not to be found in the list of the subscribers -- Nehemiah 10:1-27).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05535a.htm (3032 words)

	1 Esdras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In most editions of the Septuagint, the book is titled in Greek: Εσδρας Α′ (in Latin: Esdrae I) and is placed before the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which are together titled in Greek: Εσδρας Β′ (in Latin: Esdrae II).
		However, Jerome, in his translation of the Vulgate, considered 1 Esdras as apocryphal, and titled the books of Ezra and Nehemiah as 1 and 2 Esdras, giving the current book the title 3 Esdras.
		The Russian Orthodox Church, which considers both this book and Ezra's apocalypse canonical and list them in the Slavonic Bible, counts the proto-canonical Ezra and Nehemiah as 1 Esdras, with the 3 and 4 Esdras of Jerome being labelled 2 and 3 Esdras, respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1_Esdras (761 words)

	I Esdras Chapter VII
		This Esdras went up from Babylon, and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God had given to Israel: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
		And this is the copy of the letter of the edict, which king Artaxerxes gave to Esdras the priest, the scribe instructed in the words and commandments of the Lord, and his ceremonies in Israel.
		And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely.
	www.mninter.net /~mdreak/bible/books/esdras/1es-ch7.htm (910 words)

	The Douay-Rheims Bible, The Third Book of Esdras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Esdras fasting for the sinnes of the people, commandeth that they separate al strange wemen from them.
		AND Esdras rysing vp from before the court of the temple, went into the chamber of Ionathas the sonne of Nasabi.
		40 And Esdras the high priest brought the law to al the multitude of them from man vnto woman, and to al the priestes to heare the law in the newmoone of the seuenth moneth.
	www.catholicfirst.com /thefaith/bible/3esdras.cfm (8890 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Esdras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Persian king had given Esdras a letter ordering the satraps beyond the Euphrates to aid him to enforce observance of the Mosaic Law in Judea.
		Esdras brought with him an exemption from taxation for the temple officials, and gifts from Artaxerxes and the Jews of Babylon.
		By Esdras and Nehemias the restoration of the Law was effected.
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/ncd03078.htm (212 words)

	Esdras, The First Book Of (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools
		With the exception of 1 Esdras 3:1 through 5:6--the incident of the royal banquet and the contest for a prize of the three young men--the present books agree in everything essential, down to the minutest details, with the canonical Ezra and part of 2 Chronicles and Nehemiah.
		In 1 Esdras 9:49 (parallel Nehemiah 8:9) "Attharates" is the word used, and as a proper name (see 1 Esdras 5:40, "Nehemiah and Attharates").
		It must be admitted that 1 Esdras and Josephus preserve the true sequence of the events chronicled in Nehemiah 7:73 through 10, the Massoretic Text and the Greek version based on it having gone wrong at this point, probably through the mixing of Hebrew skins or leaves.
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/3185 (2142 words)

	The First Book of Esdras
		25 And thou Esdras according to the wisdom of thy God, which is in thy hand, appoint judges and magistrates, that may judge all the people, that is beyond the river, that is, for them who know the law of thy God, yea and the ignorant teach ye freely.
		6 And Esdras rose up from before the house of God, and went to the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliasib, and entered in thither: he ate no bread, and drank no water: for he mourned for the transgression of them that were come out of the captivity.
		And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /bible/esdras1.htm (7046 words)

	First Esdras
		Then said Esdras the scribe, Blessed be the only Lord God of my fathers, who hath put these things into the heart of the king, to glorify his house that is in Jerusalem: 26 And hath honoured me in the sight of the king, and his counsellors, and all his friends and nobles.
		And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
		Then Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib, 2 And remained there, and did eat no meat nor drink water, mourning for the great iniquities of the multitude.
	www.carm.org /lost/1_Esdras.htm (7835 words)

	The Catholic Legate
		The apocryphal Esdras is known as “Esdras A” or “1 Esdras” in the Septuagint and as “3 Esdras” in the Vulgate.
		He asserts that because in the major LXX codices the apocryphal Esdras is known as “1 Esdras” and Ezra-Nehemiah is called “2 Esdras”, respectively, that the “two books of Esdras” referred to by the North African Synods [12] referred to the LXX usage.
		His translation of Esdras was completed sometime in 394 A.D., meaning his work on this was contemporary with the proceedings at the Synod of Hippo in 393 A.D. He completed his Vulgate translation in about 405 A.D. and submitted it to Pope St. Innocent I (401-417 A.D.) that same year.
	www.catholic-legate.com /articles/esdras.html (8891 words)

	Esdras - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are several books of the Bible or Apocrypha which have been labelled Esdras, after the Greek for Ezra.
		The Vulgate contains four Books of Esdras, and the Septuagint three; but confusingly, the numbering of the books differs between them.
		The most common naming system used in modern times, is yet again different.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esdras (125 words)

	II Esdras Chapter VIII
		Then Esdras the priest brought the law before the multitude of men and women, and all those that could understand, in the first day of the seventh month.
		And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.
		And Nehemias (he is Athersatha) and Esdras the priest and scribe, and the Levites who interpreted to all the people, said: This is a holy day to the Lord our God: do not mourn, nor weep: for all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
	www.citilink.com /~mdreak/bible/books/esdras/2es-ch8.htm (683 words)

	The Book of Nehemias, which is called The Second of Esdras
		And all the people were gathered together as one mall to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
		4 And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.
		33 And Azarias, Esdras, and Mosollam, Judas, and Benjamin, and Semeia, and Jeremias.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /bible/esdras2.htm (10190 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Esdras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ezra EZRA [Ezra] book of the Bible, combined with Nehemiah in the Septuagint to form the book 2 Esdras.
		In the Vulgate, Ezra and Nehemiah are called 1 and 2 Esdras respectively.
		In the Septuagint, Ezra and Nehemiah are combined as Second Esdras.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/04215.html (319 words)

	1 Esdras (NRSV)
		For the most part, 1 Esdras simply parallels the relevant portions of 2 Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah; the only extensive unparalleled material is 1 Esdr 3-4 (the debate of the three bodyguards).
		It is more likely that 1 Esdras reflects the views of a group in post-exilic Judaism that regarded Ezra and Nehemiah and their work quite differently (in 2 Macc 1.18-2.13 and in Sir 49.13 Nehemiah is mentioned and Ezra is ignored).
		They seem to be from Neh 8.13, and we may assume that 1 Esdras originally included at least the narrative of the celebration of the festival of booths that is found in Neh 8.13-18.
	www.shef.ac.uk /bibs/DJACcurrres/Esdras.html (4244 words)

	1 Esdras: 9
		And they spake unto Esdras the priest and reader, that he would bring the law of Moses, that was given of the Lord God of Israel.
		So Esdras the chief priest brought the law unto the whole multitude from man to woman, and to all the priests, to hear law in the first day of the seventh month.
		And Esdras the priest and reader of the law stood up upon a pulpit of wood, which was made for that purpose.
	www.infoplease.com /t/rel/bible/1esdras/9.html (1142 words)

	BibleDudes: Apocrypha: First and Second Esdras
		Not only is it known as First Esdras, but in the Vulgate is called III Esdras, and some nowadays call it 3 Ezra.
		The book of First Esdras is basically a reproduction of 2 Chronicles 35-36, Ezra, and Nehemiah 7:38-8:12, and for some mysterious reason ends mid-sentence of Nehemiah 8:13 with "And they assembled..." But there are some things that are unique to this book.
		You see, II Esdras is the only book in the Apocrypha that is apocalyptic, meaning it purports to unveil hidden mysteries.
	bibledudes.com /apocrypha/first-and-second-esdras.php (924 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: Revelation of Esdras
		Judge me rather than the souls of the sinners; for it is better that one soul should he punished, and that the whole world should not come to destruction.
		And Esdras said: It is good for a man not to be born.
		And Esdras said: As the Lord liveth, I will not cease pleading with Thee in behalf of the race of the Christians.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/0829.htm (2703 words)

	AllRefer.com - Esdras (Bible: Apocrypha) - Encyclopedia
		The Septuagint gives the title Second Esdras to a work in which both books are combined.
		The New Revised Standard Version's and Septuagint's First Esdras compile the whole of Ezra, sections of Second Chronicles and Nehemiah, and a story about Darius the Persian's bodyguards.
		The work known as Second Esdras in the Apocrypha of the Authorized Version and New Revised Standard Version is given the title Fourth Esdras (=Fourth Ezra) in the Vulgate.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Esdras.html (303 words)

	POMOG - Esdras II
		This Esdras went up from Babylon, as a scribe, being very ready in the law of Moses, that was given by the God of Israel.
		For Esdras had very great skill, so that he omitted nothing of the law and commandments of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ordinances and judgments.
		Then Jechonias the son of Jeelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
	www.pomog.org /scripture/17_esdras_ii.htm (11416 words)

	1 ESDRAS, NRSV APOCRYPHA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They are not so recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, but 1 Esdras and the Prayer of Manasseh (together with 2 Esdras) are placed in an appendix to the Latin Vulgate Bible.
		Known in the Apocrypha as 1 Esdras, the book is called 3 Esdras in the Latin Vulgate Bible where (since the Council of Trent) it has been placed in an appendix after the New Testament.
		The only material unique to 1 Esdras is the story of the three young bodyguards in the court of King Darius (3.1-5.6).
	www.anova.org /sev/htm/ap/11_1esdras.htm (8662 words)

	Esdras Rivard (Hallberg Family Data)
		In the 1910 census it looks like "Azras"; in the 1920 census it is "Esdras" as it is in 1930.
		• Esdras was counted in the 1900 US census for Tilden Township, Polk, Minnesota.
		• Esdras was counted in the 1910 US census for Crookston, Polk, Minnesota.
	www.visi.com /~tth/genealogy/2958.htm (206 words)

	The Douay-Rheims Bible, The Second Book of Esdras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is also called the second book of Esdras; because it is a continuation of the history, begun by Esdras, of the state of the people of God after their return from captivity.
		And all the people were gathered together as one man to the street which is before the water gate, and they spoke to Esdras the scribe, to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.
		And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.
	www.catholicfirst.com /thefaith/bible/2esdras.cfm (7084 words)

	The First Book of Esdras.
		91 And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men and women and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
		HEN Esdras rising from the court of the temple went to the chamber of Joanan the son of Eliasib,
		16 And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name: and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
	www.eskimo.com /~lhowell/bcp1662/apocrypha/esdras1.html (11857 words)

	The First Book of Esdras
		8:91 And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and lying flat upon the ground before the temple, there gathered unto him from Jerusalem a very great multitude of men, and women, and children: for there was great weeping among the multitude.
		8:92 Then Jechonias the son of Jcelus, one of the sons of Israel, called out, and said, O Esdras, we have sinned against the Lord God, we have married strange women of the nations of the land, and now is all Israel aloft.
		9:16 And Esdras the priest chose unto him the principal men of their families, all by name; and in the first day of the tenth month they sat together to examine the matter.
	www.anitad.com /bible/esdras1.html (11875 words)

	Revelation of Esdras
		And when it was night, there came an angel, Michael the archangel, and says to me: O Prophet Esdras, refrain from bread for seventy weeks.(2) And I fasted as he told me. And there came Raphael the commander of the host, and gave me a storax rod.
		And God said: I wish to have thee like Paul and John, as thou hast given me uncorrupted the treasure that cannot be stolen, the treasure of virginity, the bulwark(5) of men.
		And Esdras said: Let us plead in Thy hearing.(7) And God said: Ask Abraham your father how a son pleads with his father,(8) and come plead with us.
	www.pseudepigrapha.com /pseudepigrapha/revesd.htm (2508 words)

	Word and Revelation of Esdras
		And when it was night, there came an angel, Michael the archangel, and says to me: O Prophet Esdras, refrain from bread for seventy
		And God said: I wish to have thee like Paul and John, as thou hast given me uncorrupted the treasure that cannot be stolen, the treasure of virginity, the bulwark
		And then the blessed Esdras began to say: O eternal God, the Maker of the whole creation, who hast measured the heaven with a span, and who holdest the earth as a handful,
	www.piney.com /Esdras-Revelation.html (3002 words)

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