He is commissioned by Artaxerxes to gather a second group of exiles in Babylon for return to Jerusalem Ezra 7:11-28
He refuses military escort for the journey, depends on God for safety, they arrive Ezra 8:21-23,31,32
He makes them put away their heathen wives Ezra 10:1-17
After Nehemiah rebuilds the wall Ezra reads the book of Moses' law in the street Nehemiah 8:1-12
