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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
I have been awaiting your comments on this thread.
It is a hard thing to pass your muster sometimes and I was anxious to see what your thoughts were.
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What was that well-worn expression from the 1980s? Not!
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I was aware that Ezra was a contemporary of Nehemiah & Malachi but, while doing the study, I didn't look into anything Ezra may have had to say along these lines.
I will look into it and increase my knowledge of this area.
Thanks again.
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Well, I don't know of too many people who would have thought to bring together Nehemiah and Malachi and what you posted is the first thing I've ever seen bringing the two together. It's interesting to see just how far the Jews had gone in letting themselves be corrupted by the Gentiles around them. Goodness! There was a Gentile (someone who was outside of God's covenant) living in the storehouse of the temple (the temple being the place where God had chosen to put His name). Why those who decided the order in which to put the OT books in English translations of the Bible didn't put Malachi with Ezra and Nehemiah, I don't know.