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What should a child notice in Ezra 9?
Ezra 9 opens with these words: “Now when these things were done, the princes came near to me, saying, “The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, have not…” The line to keep is Ezra 9:4: “Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the…” Carry the word “everyone” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Ezra 9:4: “Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.” What happens first in Ezra 9?
Ezra 9:4
“Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were assembled to me, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.”
Ezra 9:3
“When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.”
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Practice Ezra 9:4
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
TheneveryonewhotrembledatthewordsoftheGodofIsraeltome,becauseoftheirtrespassofthecaptivity;andIsatconfoundedtheeveningoffering.