Ezra 6: The Order to Rebuild

Ezra 6: The Order to Rebuild   Biblical sources assert that after sacrifices were quickly restarted after the Return, the building of the Temple was delayed. Eventually, permission was obtained from the Persian officials, as well as financial support, for the...

Ezra 9-10 Expulsion of Foreign Wives

Ezra 9-10 Expulsion of Foreign Wives   Ezra was soon confronted with the problem of intermarriage of some Judeans with women from the neighboring nations. Reasoning that the Torah forbade such unions, Ezra forced these men to divorce their wives. 9-1 When this...