Thoughts on Ezra 8:24-35
Ezra’s body of travelers now duly assembled and organized, what else was
required? On the one hand, they were in a condition of much danger.
Without being very numerous, they were numerous enough to be worth
attacking while prosecuting their journey. On the other hand, they were in
a position of much responsibility, being entrusted with the care of many
treasures for God’s house. These were the two things Ezra had to see to
before they actually moved. The plans he adopted in doing so are very
characteristic and instructive, and may be employed to exhibit to us, in the
first place, an example of courage, and in the second a model of caution.