And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. 9:3
Trivia: Why did Ezra pull out the hairs on his head and beard?
The Bible in Fewer Words - Ezra (1)
Contradictions (23)
Boring stuff (16)
Absurdity (4)
Women (3)
Family Values (2)
Injustice (2)
Intolerance (2)
Interpretation (1)
Politics (1)
Science (1)
EJAT (6)
Ezra
1 The people return to Jerusalem (with lots of stuff) (1-11)
2 A list of people returning from Babylon (1-70)
3 An altar is built and work on the temple begins (1-13)
4 Israel's enemies offer to help build the temple (1-5)
A letter to King Artaxerxes (6-16)
The king's response (17-24)
5 A letter to King Darius (1-17)
6 Darius finds Cyrus's order (1-5)
The decree of King Darius (6-12)
The Jews finish building God's house (13-22)
Ezra comes to Jerusalem (6-10)
Artaxerxes's letter to Ezra (11-28)
8 A list of families returning to Jerusalem (1-14)
Ezra finds some Levites (15-20)
Gold and silver are weighed and animals are sacrificed (21-36)
9 Ezra plucks out his hair and sits down astonished (1-15)
10 Ezra forces the men to abandon their strange wives (1-17)
A list of men who had taken strange wives and children (18-44)
