This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
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Gill's Exposition
This Ezra went up from Babylon,.... A second time; for that he went up with Zerubbabel is clear from Neh 12:1, and is plainly intimated, Ezr 5:4,
and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which…
Barnes' Notes
A ready scribe - Or, “a ready writer” Psa 45:1. The professional scribe was well known in Egypt from an early date (see Gen 39:4 note); and under David and his successors “scribes” were attached to…
Adam Clarke
A ready scribe - סופר מחיר sopher machir does not merely signify a speedy writer or an excellent penman, but one who was eminently skillful in expounding the law. In this sense the word γραμματευς,…
Here is, I. Ezra's pedigree. He was one of the sons of Aaron, a priest. Him God chose to be an instrument of good to Israel, that he might put honour upon the priesthood, the glory of which had been…
Cambridge Bible
Arrival at Jerusalem
6. went up from Babylon i.e. to Jerusalem, cf. Ezr 1:11; Ezr 2:1. It will be observed that this description of Ezra is given in the 3rd person. At Ezr 7:27 there is a change to…
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