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Ezra 7:10 - See One, Do One; Teach One!

Ezra 7:10; See One, Do One; Teach One!

Ezra 7:10 (KJV)  For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law 
of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and 
judgments. 

Ezra 7:10 (NIV)  For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and 
observance of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in 
Israel. 

Ezra 7:10 (NNAS)  For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of 
the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and 
ordinances in Israel. 

Ezra 7:10 (NCV)  Ezra had worked hard to know and obey the 
Teachings of the LORD and to teach his rules and commands to the 
Israelites. 

Ezra 7:10 (GWT)  Ezra was determined to study the Lord's 
Teachings, live by them, and teach their rules and regulations in Israel. 

Ezra 7:10 (NLT)  This was because Ezra had determined to study 
and obey the law of the LORD and to teach those laws and regulations 
to the people of Israel. 

See II Chr 12:14; 19:3; 30:19, for similar expressions [Wycliffe 
Bible Commentary] 

Ezra was a consecrated man. The aim and ambition of his life was 
to know the will of God, to cooperate with God, and to teach others 
to do likewise. This was the man God now called to do a special 
work. [SDA Commentary] 

Ezra was inwardly determined. His determination was directed 
toward doing three things: studying God's Law, obeying it, and teaching 
it to others--an inviolable order for a successful ministry! [Bible 
Knowledge Commentary] 

The order is significant. A person cannot practice what he has 
not thoroughly studied; and he should not teach principles he has 
not carefully applied. [New Bible Companion] 

In medical school during a rotation on surgery learning to do 
appendectomies we were taught "see one, do one, teach one" i.e. when you have 
been shown an appendectomy you do the next one and then after that 
teach the procedure to another.  I wonder if this concept developed 
from this or a related passage of Scripture.  They do have remarkable 
similarities.