1. Who requested Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the Law of Moses?
2. Who did Ezra bring the Law before?
3. Were the people attentive to the reading of the Law of Moses?
4. Were the people reverent before God?
5. Did it matter at all whether or not the people understood God’s word?
6. Why shouldn’t the people have been grieved on the day they heard the word of God?
7. Why did the leaders of Israel gather on the second day?
8. Did they learn anything new on the second day?
9. What did they do with what they’ve learned on the second day?
10. Were the children of Israel interested in learning the truth daily?
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As we begin chapter nine (the first verse), do we find any signs of
repentance among the people?
12. Did the children of Israel desire to separate themselves from sin?
13. What big difference do you see about God’s people here in our context and those claiming to be today (hint: how long are people today willing to hear God’s word and worship Him)?
14. Did the children of Israel recognize God created all things?
15. Have the children of Israel learned enough to know how far back the seed promise went?
16. Had the children of Israel learned enough to realize how much God did in delivering Israel out of Egypt?
17. Were the children of Israel able to know about the delivering of the Law?
18. Who was given credit for feeding the Israelites when they came out of Egypt?
19. Did the children of Israel realize, from the Exodus from Egypt, how apostasy occurs?
20. In their praising of God, what summary was given about God’s mercy in delivering Israel into the land of Canaan?
21. Had the children of Israel been able to learn from the apostasy, which occurred after their fathers, entered into the land of Canaan?
22. Why didn’t God utterly destroy the children of Israel in the past?
23. Did the children of Israel understand that the punishments God has given are just?
24. What did the children of Israel write and seal?