Lesson 8 · February 23, 1907

The Third and Last Part of the Great Decree

Questions

1.By whom was this decree issued? .
2.In what year of his reign? .
3.What period of time intervened between this decree and that of Cyrus? Compare with . Note.
4.To whom was it given? .
5.What was the first provision in the decree? .
6.What reason did the king give for allowing all the captives to go up with Ezra? .
7.Was this the first time permission had been given for them to return? .
8.What were the Jews to carry with them? .
9.How much silver and gold could they take with them? .
10.What were they to buy with the money? .
11.What liberty was given in spending the balance of the money? .
12.What besides money was given them? .
13.State what further provision was made for the work? .
14.How did the king show his confidence in Ezra? .
15.To what extent could demands be made upon the public treasury? .
16.Whose command was Artaxerxes trying to carry out? .
17.What exemption was made those connected with the temple service? .
18.What besides the worship was established by this part of the decree? .
19.How much power had the restored government to enforce its laws? .

Notes

The first of the commandment was given in the first year of Cyrus. Cyrus reigned seven years; his son Cambyses, seven and one-half years; Smerdis the Impostor, half a year; Darius Hystaspes, thirty-six years; Xerxes, twenty years; and the last of the decree was given in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, making seventy-nine years. It took seventy-nine years for man to carry out the command of God; but there came a time when God could wait no longer. It might have come before; but it could be delayed no longer.

Bible texts in this lesson

Ezra 7:11 · Ezra 7:7-11 · Ezra 1:1 · Ezra 7:13 · Ezra 7:14 · Ezra 1:3 · Ezra 1:4 · Ezra 7:15 · Ezra 7:16 · Ezra 7:17 · Ezra 7:18 · Ezra 7:19 · Ezra 7:20 · Ezra 7:21 · Ezra 7:22 · Ezra 7:23 · Ezra 7:24 · Ezra 7:25 · Ezra 7:26

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