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What should a child notice in Ezra 3?
Ezra 3 opens with these words: “When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to…” The line to keep is Ezra 3:1: “When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.” Carry the word “seventh” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ezra 3:1: “When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.” What happens first in Ezra 3?
Ezra 3:1
“When the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.”
Ezra 3:3
“In spite of their fear because of the peoples of the surrounding lands, they set the altar on its base; and they offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, even burnt offerings morning and evening.”
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Practice Ezra 3:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
theseventhmonthhadcome,andthechildrenofIsraelwereinthethepeoplegatheredtogetherasonemantoJerusalem.