Ezra 8:31 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.

BSB

On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

KJV

Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

ASV

Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth [day] of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the lier-in-wait by the way.

BBE

Then we went away from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was on us, and he gave us salvation from our haters and those who were waiting to make an attack on us by the way.

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וַנִּסְעָה va·nis·'ah and we set out H5265 מִנְּהַר mi·ne·har from [the] river of H5104 אַהֲוָא 'a·ha·va' Ahava H163 בִּשְׁנֵים bish·neim on [day] two [plus] H8147 עָשָׂר 'a·sar ten H6240 לַחֹדֶשׁ la·cho·desh of the month H2320 הָרִאשׁוֹן ha·ri·shon (the) first H7223 לָלֶכֶת la·le·khet to go H1980 יְרוּשָׁלִָם ye·ru·sha·lim Jerusalem H3389 וְיַד־ ve·yad- and [the] hand of H3027 אֱלֹהֵינוּ 'e·lo·hei·nu God our H430 הָיְתָה ha·ye·tah it was H1961 עָלֵינוּ 'a·lei·nu on us H5921 וַיַּצִּילֵנוּ vai·ya·tzi·le·nu and he delivered us H5337 מִכַּף mi·kaf from [the] hand of H3709 אוֹיֵב 'o·yev an enemy H341 וְאוֹרֵב ve·'o·rev and from an ambusher H693 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 הַדָּרֶךְ ha·da·rekh the journey H1870

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 31–36

Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render when the Lord has led us safely through the pilgrimage of life, through the gloomy vale of death, out of the reach of all our enemies, into everlasting happiness! Among their sacrifices they had a sin-offering. The atonement sweetens and secures every mercy to us, which will not be truly comfortable, unless sin be taken away, and our peace made with God. Then had the church rest. The expressions here used, direct us to the deliverance of sinners from spiritual bondage, and their pilgrimage to the heavenly Jerusalem, under the care and protection of their God and Saviour.

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Jerusalem Ahava

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