1. Ezra was a Hebrew priest and scribe. Nehemiah was a Jewish leader, a cup bearer in the Persian court.
2. Ezra's work was re-establishing the Temple. Nehemiah's work was rebuilding the city walls.
3. When Ezra travelled from exile to Jerusalem he did not ask for guards, while Nehemiah specifically did and was given them.
4. Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes. Nehemiah arrived in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes.
5. In leadership style, Ezra was perhaps more passive and Nehemiah more active in approach.
6. When Ezra formed a leadership committee, it consisted of two priests and two Levites but Nehemiah's was made up of a priest, a scribe, a Levite, and a layman.
7. Ezra pulled out his own hair. Nehemiah pulled out the hair of other people.
8. Ezra's list of names was compiled in Babylon before the people actually left. Nehemiah's list is from a later time.
9. When the two choirs marched on the walls when they were dedicated, Ezra was at the front of one and Nehemiah was at the back of the other.
10. Both prayed. Ezra's recorded prayer is longer than that of Nehemiah.
