Template:Ezra&Esdras

EZRA AND I ESDRAS COMPARED
Masoretic Text	Septuagint	Summary
		Continuation of Paralipomenon (i.e., "Things Set Off" from Esdras)
(II Chr. 35)	(I Esd. 1:1-33)
(II Chr. 36)	(I Esd. 1:34-58)
		Begin Ezra
Ezr. 1	I Esd. 2:1-14	Cyrus's edict to rebuild the Temple
Ezr. 4:7-24	I Esd. 2:15-30a	Flash forward to Artaxerxes’ reign (prolepsis)
		Core:  Chiasm of Celebration
—	I Esd. 2:30b	Inclusio:   Work hindered until second year of Darius’s reign
—	I Esd. 3	A  Feast in the court of Darius with Darius contest
—	I Esd. 4	B  Darius vows to repatriate the exiles
—	I Esd. 5:1-6	X  The feast of those who returned to Jerusalem
Ezr. 2	I Esd. 5:7-46	B'  List of former exiles who returned
Ezr. 3	I Esd. 5:47-65	A'  Feast of Tabernacles
Ezr. 4:1-5	I Esd. 5:66-73	Inclusio:   Work hindered until second year of Darius’s reign
		Conclusion
Ezr. 5	I Esd. 6:1-22	In the second year of Darius's reign
Ezr. 6	I Esd. 6:23 — 7	The temple is finished
Ezr. 7	I Esd. 8:1-27	In Artaxerxes’ reign
Ezr. 8	I Esd. 8:28-67	List of latter exiles who returned
Ezr. 9	I Esd. 8:68-90	Repentance from miscegenation
Ezr. 10	I Esd. 8:91-9:36	Putting away of foreign wives and children
(Neh. 7:73-8:12)	(I Esd. 9:37-55)

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