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Ezra — Group study guide
10 chapters · 61 questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
How to use it
Read one chapter per meeting. Each participant can mark their answers and write down what they learned.
Contents
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Ezra 1 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Ezra 1 (KJV)
1. What did the LORD stir up in Cyrus?
Ezra 1:1
- A. His anger
- B. His spirit
- C. His memory
- D. His fear
2. What did Cyrus say God had charged him to do?
Ezra 1:2
- A. To destroy Babylon
- B. To set Daniel free
- C. To build him an house at Jerusalem
- D. To conquer Egypt
3. For what purpose did God raise the spirit of many?
Ezra 1:5
- A. To fight against Persia
- B. To stay in Babylon
- C. To look for the lost ark
- D. To build the house of the LORD
4. How did those who were round about them help?
Ezra 1:6
- A. With silver and gold, with goods, and with beasts
- B. With soldiers and chariots
- C. With stones and cedar wood
- D. With prayers only
5. Who was Mithredath?
Ezra 1:8
- A. The high priest
- B. The treasurer
- C. The governor of Judah
- D. A prophet of Persia
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Ezra 2 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 2 (KJV)
1. Who carried the Jews away captive to Babylon?
Ezra 2:1
- A. Cyrus
- B. Sennacherib
- C. Nebuchadnezzar
- D. Darius
2. Were there some in Israel who could not shew their lineage?
Ezra 2:59
- Yes
- No
3. What happened to those whose genealogy was not found?
Ezra 2:62
- A. They were put from the priesthood
- B. They were sent back to Babylon
- C. They were made princes
- D. They were sold as servants
4. What did the priest do with Urim and Thummim?
Ezra 2:63
- A. Blessed the people
- B. Inquired of God
- C. Offered incense
- D. Judged the king's disputes
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Ezra 3 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 3 (KJV)
1. Why did Jeshua build the altar of the God of Israel?
Ezra 3:2
- A. To keep the ark
- B. To celebrate the king's wedding
- C. To offer burnt offerings
- D. To remember the captivity
2. Though the foundation of the temple was not yet laid, what did they begin to offer?
Ezra 3:6
- A. Firstfruits of wheat
- B. Incense
- C. Gold and silver
- D. Burnt offerings
3. Why did all the people shout with a great shout?
Ezra 3:11
- A. Because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid
- B. Because Cyrus set them free
- C. Because they finished the wall
- D. Because Ezra arrived
4. True or false? When the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, some wept and others shouted for joy.
Ezra 3:12
- True
- False
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Ezra 4 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 4 (KJV)
1. Who said to Judah and Benjamin: "Let us build with you"?
Ezra 4:1-2
- A. The priests of Babylon
- B. The soldiers of Cyrus
- C. Their adversaries
- D. The prophets Haggai and Zechariah
2. Was it right for Israel to build with them?
Ezra 4:3
- Yes
- No
3. For what purpose did they trouble the people of Judah?
Ezra 4:4
- A. So that they would not build
- B. So that they would pay them tribute
- C. So that they would go to Egypt
- D. So that they would worship their gods
4. Whom did they hire to frustrate their purpose of building?
Ezra 4:5
- A. The priests
- B. Counsellors
- C. The soldiers
- D. The prophets
5. In what language did Bishlam and his companions write to Artaxerxes?
Ezra 4:7
- A. In Hebrew
- B. In Greek
- C. In the Syrian tongue (Aramaic)
- D. In Egyptian
6. In what book did they ask Artaxerxes to search to investigate Israel?
Ezra 4:15
- A. In the book of the law
- B. In the book of the kings of Judah
- C. In the book of Jasher
- D. In the book of the records
7. Based on the letter, what did King Artaxerxes decide?
Ezra 4:21
- A. He ordered the work to cease until another commandment
- B. He ordered them helped with money
- C. He ordered Jerusalem destroyed
- D. He sent for Ezra
8. Until when did the work in Jerusalem cease?
Ezra 4:24
- A. Until the death of Cyrus
- B. Until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia
- C. Until Nehemiah arrived
- D. Until the seventh year of Artaxerxes
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Ezra 5 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 5 (KJV)
1. Haggai and Zechariah were the sons of whom?
Ezra 5:1
- A. Of Jozadak
- B. Of Shealtiel
- C. Of Iddo
- D. Of Seraiah
2. Who helped Zerubbabel and Jeshua build the house of God?
Ezra 5:2
- A. The kings of Persia
- B. The Samaritans
- C. Darius's soldiers
- D. The prophets
3. What was Tatnai on this side the river?
Ezra 5:3
- A. Governor
- B. Priest
- C. Prophet
- D. Scribe
4. Why did Tatnai ask the names of those who were building?
Ezra 5:10
- A. To invite them to a banquet
- B. To certify the king
- C. To pay their wages
- D. To enlist them in the army
5. What was delivered to Sheshbazzar?
Ezra 5:14
- A. The keys of Jerusalem
- B. The book of the law
- C. The vessels of gold and silver of the house of God
- D. A golden crown
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Ezra 6 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 6 (KJV)
1. What was written in the roll found at Achmetha?
Ezra 6:2-4
- A. A prophecy of Daniel
- B. The genealogy of the priests
- C. The law of the Medes and Persians on tribute
- D. King Cyrus's decree to build the house of God
2. What did King Darius order Tatnai and Shethar-boznai?
Ezra 6:6
- A. To be far from the rebuilding
- B. To destroy the work
- C. To bring the Jews to Persia
- D. To collect more tribute
3. Did King Darius help with the expenses of rebuilding the house of God?
Ezra 6:8
- Yes
- No
4. For whom did King Darius ask that they pray?
Ezra 6:10
- A. For the people of Persia
- B. For the priests
- C. For the king and his sons
- D. For Cyrus
5. What would be done to whoever opposed the rebuilding of the house of God?
Ezra 6:11
- A. He would be banished
- B. He would be fined
- C. He would be made a slave
- D. He would be hanged
6. Did Tatnai and Shethar-boznai obey King Darius?
Ezra 6:13
- Yes
- No
7. In what year of King Darius's reign was the rebuilding finished?
Ezra 6:15
- A. In his second year
- B. In his sixth year
- C. In his tenth year
- D. In his twentieth year
8. From what did the people of Israel separate themselves to seek the LORD?
Ezra 6:21
- A. From their families
- B. From their riches
- C. From the filthiness of the heathen of the land
- D. From the city of Jerusalem
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Ezra 7 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Ezra 7 (KJV)
1. Was Ezra a descendant of Aaron the chief priest?
Ezra 7:1, 5
- Yes
- No
2. In what was Ezra ready (diligent)?
Ezra 7:6
- A. In the law of Moses
- B. In war
- C. In trade
- D. In building
3. How many months did it take Ezra to come to Jerusalem from Babylon?
Ezra 7:9
- A. One month
- B. Four months
- C. Seven months
- D. One year
4. For what had Ezra prepared his heart?
Ezra 7:10
- A. To be king of Judah
- B. To fight the Samaritans
- C. To seek the law of the LORD, and to do it
- D. To see the face of God
5. How many counsellors did King Artaxerxes have?
Ezra 7:14
- A. Twelve counsellors
- B. Three counsellors
- C. Seventy counsellors
- D. Seven counsellors
6. How soon did Artaxerxes require that whatever Ezra asked be given him?
Ezra 7:21
- A. Speedily, said the king
- B. Within a year
- C. Within three months
- D. After the harvest
7. What did Ezra do when he was strengthened by the hand of God?
Ezra 7:28
- A. He wrote a letter to the king
- B. He gathered the chief men of Israel to go up with him
- C. He built an altar in Babylon
- D. He fasted forty days
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Ezra 8 — Study questions
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Read first: Ezra 8 (KJV)
1. How many days did Ezra and the chief men abide in tents by the river Ahava?
Ezra 8:15
- A. Seven days
- B. Ten days
- C. Three days
- D. Forty days
2. Which tribe did Ezra not find among those numbered?
Ezra 8:15
- A. The tribe of Judah
- B. The tribe of Benjamin
- C. The tribe of Ephraim
- D. The tribe of Levi
3. How many men did Ezra send to Iddo?
Ezra 8:16
- A. Eleven men
- B. Twelve men
- C. Seven men
- D. Three men
4. For what purpose did he send them to Iddo?
Ezra 8:17
- A. To ask for gold and silver
- B. To bring ministers for the house of God
- C. To look for the book of the law
- D. To ask for soldiers
5. How many Levites came back to Ezra with the eleven?
Ezra 8:18-20
- A. Thirty-eight
- B. One hundred and twenty
- C. Two hundred and fifty-eight
- D. Five hundred
6. What did Ezra proclaim by the river Ahava?
Ezra 8:21
- A. A feast
- B. A census
- C. A war
- D. A fast
7. What was Ezra ashamed to do?
Ezra 8:22
- A. To ask the king for soldiers and horsemen to help them
- B. To weep before the people
- C. To admit his poverty
- D. To speak of his lineage
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Ezra 9 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Ezra 9 (KJV)
1. What did the princes come to tell Ezra after these things were done?
Ezra 9:1
- A. That the temple was finished
- B. That the people, the priests and the Levites had not separated themselves from the people of the lands
- C. That the king had died
- D. That enemies were coming against Jerusalem
2. What was the sin of the priests and Levites?
Ezra 9:2
- A. Stealing the gold of the temple
- B. Not keeping the sabbath
- C. Taking daughters of other peoples and mingling the holy seed
- D. Worshipping the sun
3. When Ezra heard what the priests had done, what did he do with his beard?
Ezra 9:3
- A. He shaved it
- B. He covered it with ashes
- C. He anointed it with oil
- D. He plucked off the hair of it
4. Was Ezra ashamed and blushing as he prayed before the LORD?
Ezra 9:6
- Yes
- No
5. And why did Ezra feel this way?
Ezra 9:6
- A. Because the king rejected him
- B. Because of the people's many iniquities
- C. Because he was sick
- D. Because he found no Levites
6. Despite their bondage, what did the LORD not do to Israel?
Ezra 9:9
- A. Give them the land
- B. Forgive them
- C. Forsake them
- D. Speak to them
7. Ezra said they could not stand before God because of what?
Ezra 9:15
- A. Because of his holiness
- B. Because of the captivity
- C. Because of their enemies
- D. Because of the trespasses of the people of Israel
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Ezra 10 — Study questions
Questions by Pastor Jose Acevedo
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Read first: Ezra 10 (KJV)
1. While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping, what did the people do?
Ezra 10:1
- A. A very great congregation assembled to him and wept very sore
- B. They mocked him
- C. They went home
- D. They asked him to be quiet
2. Though the Levites and priests had sinned, was there hope for Israel?
Ezra 10:2
- Yes
- No
3. For that hope to be fulfilled, what did the priests and Levites have to do?
Ezra 10:3
- A. Offer a thousand burnt offerings
- B. Go back to Babylon
- C. Put away the strange wives and such as were born of them
- D. Fast forty days
4. Who would forfeit all their substance?
Ezra 10:8
- A. Those who married strange wives
- B. The Levites who did not come
- C. Those who did not pay tithes
- D. Whoever would not come within three days at the call of the princes
5. When the men gathered in the street, why did they tremble?
Ezra 10:9
- A. Because of this matter, and for the great rain
- B. Because of the winter cold
- C. For fear of the Persians
- D. Because of an earthquake
6. Were there people who opposed the plan to put away the strange wives?
Ezra 10:15
- Yes
- No