Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 7:8

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8. he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month —that is, corresponding to the end of our July or beginning of our August. As he left Babylon on the Jewish New Year's Day ( Ezra 7:9 ), the journey must have occupied not less than four months (a long period), but it was necessary to move at a slow pace and by short, easy stages, as he had to conduct a large caravan of poor people, including women, children, and all their household gear (see on Ezra 7:9- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-ezr-7-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/ezr-7-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological