Ezra
Permission to return (1:1-11)
The list of exiles who returned (2:1-70)
The restoration of worship (3:1
4:5)
Opposition (4:6-24)
The rebuilding of the temple (5-6)
Introduction to Ezra (7:1-10)
Ezra's commission (7:11-28a)
List of exiles who returned with Ezra (7:28b
8:14)
Ezra's journey to Jerusalem (8:15-36)
A report of mixed marriages and Ezra's response (9:1-15)
The problem of mixed marriages resolved (10:1-44)
Nehemiah
Nehemiah's vocation (1:1-11)
Nehemiah's commission (2:1-10)
Nehemiah's first steps in Jerusalem (2:11-20)
Rebuilding the walls (3:1-32)
Renewed opposition (3:33-37 [Evv 4:1-5])
Further opposition and countermeasures (3:38
4:17 [Evv 4:6-23])
Internal difficulties (5:1-19)
The completion of the wall (6:1-19)
The need to populate Jerusalem (7:1-72a [Ev 73a])
Covenant renewal (8-10)
The reading of the law (7:72b [Ev73b]
8:18)
Confession (9:1-37)
A pledge to keep the law (10:1-40 [Evv 9:38
10:39])
The population of Jerusalem, and related matters (11:1-36)
Priests and Levites (12:1-26)
The dedication of the wall (12:27-43) The temple chambers : use and abuse (12:44-13:14)
Concluding reforms (13:15-31)