Ezra 8

Ezra Asks the People To Go without Eating and To Pray

21 Beside the Ahava River,*8.21 River: See the note at 8.15. I*8.21 I: See the note at 8.1. asked the people to go without eating*8.21 to go without eating: The Jews often went without eating as a way of worshiping God. This is sometimes called "fasting." and to pray. We humbled ourselves and asked God to bring us and our children safely to Jerusalem with all of our possessions.