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The Message of Ezra and Haggai: Building for God is unavailable, but you can change that!

With its emphasis on the Torah, the story of Ezra is linked with the story of the exodus of the Jews from Egypt and their identity as the people of God. While Ezra prays for changed hearts and the forgiveness of sin, he looks forward to the Messiah and the fulfillment of all God’s promises. Haggai is pressed into service to offer a prophetic voice to the crisis detailed in Ezra. To those...

noted, they formed one tenth of the entire group which returned, and were essential for the functioning of the temple. They formed an integral part of the kingdom of priests which God’s people were called to be. The Levites emerge into prominence in the Pentateuch as the avengers of the Lord’s honour after the incident of the golden calf4 and they have a significant role in the tabernacle, both in its construction and its protection and transport.5 They had no inheritance
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