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# the fifth month
This is the fifth month of the Hebrew calendar. It is during the last part of July and the first part of August on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# the first day of the first month
This is near the middle of March on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# the first day of the fifth month
This is near the middle of July on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# the good hand of God
"Hand" represents the power or control that God uses for good results. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# Ezra had established his heart to study
Establishing his heart represents firmly deciding or committing himself to do something. AT: "Ezra committed his life to study" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# carry out
"obey"
# the statutes and decrees of the law of Yahweh
These were the laws that God passed down to Israel through Moses.