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The Book of Ezra is an important part of the Old Testament and follows the events that occurred after the Jewish exile in Babylon. It highlights the restoration of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, as well as the rebuilding of the temple.
The book begins with King Cyrus of Persia issuing a decree that allows the Jewish people to return to their homeland and rebuild the temple. This decree is seen as a fulfillment of God's promise to restore His people. The first group of Jewish exiles, led by Zerubbabel, returns to Jerusalem and starts the process of rebuilding.
However, they encounter opposition from their neighbors, who are eager to halt their progress. Despite these challenges, the Jewish community perseveres with the help of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah. The temple is completed and dedicated to God, and the people celebrate with great joy.
Ezra, a priest and scribe, then arrives in Jerusalem with a second group of exiles. He is dedicated to teaching and enforcing the law of God among the people. Ezra discovers that some of the Jews have intermarried with pagans, violating God's commandments. He leads the people in a national repentance, and they commit to separating themselves from foreign influences and upholding God's law.
The Book of Ezra also highlights the importance of genealogical records in determining who is a legitimate descendant of Israel. This is crucial for the restoration of the priesthood and the Jewish identity as a whole. The book concludes with Ezra leading the people in a solemn assembly, where they confess their sins and renew their commitment to God's covenant.
In summary, the Book of Ezra recounts the restoration of the Jewish community in Jerusalem, the rebuilding of the temple, and the return to obeying God's law. It emphasizes the importance of faithfulness to God's commandments and the need for repentance when His people stray. Through the challenges faced by the Jewish community, it highlights God's faithfulness to His promises and His desire for His people to live in accordance with His will.
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Ezra chapter 1 in the first year of Cyrus King of Persia to fulfill the word
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of Yahweh spoken through Jeremiah Yahweh roused the spirit of Cyrus King of Persia to issue a proclamation and to
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have it publicly displayed throughout his kingdom Cyrus King of Persia says this Yahweh the god of Heaven has given
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me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a temple in Jerusalem in Judah whoever among you
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belongs to the full T of his people may his God be with him let him go up to
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Jerusalem in Judah and build the Temple of Yahweh God of Israel who is the god
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in Jerusalem and let each Survivor wherever he lives be helped by the people of his locality with silver gold
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equipment and riding beasts as well as voluntary offering for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem then the heads of
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families of Judah and of Benjamin the priests and the Levites in fact all whose Spirit had been roused by God
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prepared to go and rebuild the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem and all their neighbors gave them every kind of help
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silver gold equipment riding beasts and valuable presents in addition to their
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voluntary offerings furthermore King Cyrus handed over the Articles belonging
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to the Temple of Yahweh which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the temple of his
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God Cyrus King of Persia handed them over to mithredath the treasurer who checked them out to shesh bazer the
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prince of Judah the inventory was as follows 30 gold dishes 1,000 silver
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dishes 29 repaired 30 gold bowls 1,000 silver bowls 410 damaged 1,000 other
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articles in all 5,400 articles of gold and silver shesh bazer took all these
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with him when he led the Exiles back from Babylon to
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Jerusalem Ezra chapter 2 these were the people of the province who returned from
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the Captivity of the Exile Those whom Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon had deported to Babylon and who returned to
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Jerusalem and Judah each to his own town they were the ones who arrived with zerubabel jesua Nehemiah Sarah riela
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narani morai bhan mpar bigv ream and
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bana the number of the men of the people of the country of Israel sons of parash
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2,72 Sons of shefah 372 sons of ARA
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775 sons of pth Moab that is to say the sons of jeshua and joab 2,812 12 sons of
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Elam 1,254 sons of zatu
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945 sons of Zach Kai 760 sons of Bonnie 640 two sons of biay
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623 sons of Asad 1,222 sons of adonikam
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666 sons of bigv 256 sons of Aiden 4 54 sons of a that is
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to say of Hezekiah 98 sons of bazai
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323 sons of yora 112 sons of Hasam
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223 sons of gibbar 95 sons of Bethlehem 120 three men of
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neapa 56 men of anathoth 128 sons of asth
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42 sons of kirth jiram kefra and biroth
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743 sons of Rama and Gabba 621 men of mcmash
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122 men of bethl and AI 223 sons of Nebo 52 of magish
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156 sons of the other Elam 1,254 sons of Haram 3
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and2 sons of LOD Hadid and Dono 725 sons of Jericho
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345 sons of Cena 3,630 the priests sons of Judah of the
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House of jeshua 973 sons of emmer
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1,52 Sons of pure 1,247 sons of Haram
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17 the Levites sons of jesua and cadm of the line of hodiah 74 the singers
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sons of aaf 128 the sons of The Gatekeepers sons of
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shalam Sons of a sons of Talman sons of AUB sons of Hada sons of shobai in all
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139 the temple slaves sons of Zea sons of assua Sons of Tabo sons of kuros Sons
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of siaha sons of padon Sons of labana Sons of hagah Sons of akab Sons of hagab
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Sons of shamai Sons of Anan sons of gdl Sons of gahar Sons of Ria sons of resen
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Sons of nakoda Sons of gazum Sons of Aza sons of Pia sons of B sons of asna Sons
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of the munites sons of the Nephites sons of bbuk Sons of akua Sons of harur sons
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sons of basith Sons of Mida sons of hara sons of barcos Sons of cicera Sons of
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teima Sons of nesia Sons of Hada the sons of Solomon slaves sons of soai Sons
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of hareth Sons of perua Sons of Jala sons of Daron sons of gdl Sons of shefah
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Sons of hatil Sons of pazi Bame sons of Ami the total of of the temple slaves
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and the sons of Solomon slaves 392 the following who came from telela
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telhara cherub Aden and immer could not prove that their families and ancestry
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were of Israelite origin the sons of Delia the sons of tobah the sons of
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nakoda 652 and among the sons of the priests the sons of Haba the sons of hackas the
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sons of barili who had married one of the daughters of barili the gileadite whose name he adopted these had looked
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for their entries in the official genealogies but were not to be found there and were hence disqualified from
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the priesthood consequently his Excellency forbade them to eat any of the consecrated food until a priest
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appeared who could consult urm and thumim the whole assembly numbered
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42,3 60 people not counting their male and female slaves to the number of 7,300
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37 they also had 200 male and female singers their horses numbered
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736 their mules 245 their camels 435 and their donkeys
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6,720 when they arrived at the Temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem a certain number of heads of families made voluntary
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offerings for the temple of God for its rebuilding on its site in accordance with their means they gave 61,000 gold
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dracmas 5,000 silver Miners and 100 Priestly robes to the sacred treasury
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the priests the Levites and some of the people settled in Jerusalem the singers The Gatekeepers and the temple slaves in
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their appropriate towns and all the other Israelites in their own
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towns Ezra chapter 3 when the seventh month came after the Israelites had been
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resettled in their towns the people gathered as one person in Jerusalem then
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jesua son of josc with his brother priests and zerubabel Son of shield with
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his brothers set about rebuilding the altar of the god of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it as prescribed in
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the law of Moses man of God they erected the altar on its old sight despite their
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fear of the people of the country and on it they presented burnt offerings to Yahweh burnt offerings morning and
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evening they celebrated the Feast of shelters as prescribed D offering daily the number of burnt offerings required
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from day to day and in addition presented the continual burnt offerings prescribed for the sabbaths for the new
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moons and for all the festivals sacred to Yahweh as well as those voluntary offerings made by individuals to Yahweh
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from the first day of the seventh month they began presenting burnt offerings to Yahweh though the foundations of the
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Temple of Yahweh had not yet been laid they also contributed money for the Masons and Carpenters
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and food drink and oil for the sidonians and tyrians for bringing cedar wood from Lebanon by sea to Jaffa for which Cyrus
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King of Persia had given permission it was in the second month of the second year after their arrival at the temple
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of God in Jerusalem that zerubabel son of Shield Teel and jesua Son of josc with the rest of their brothers the
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priests the Levites and all the people who had returned to Jerusalem from captivity began the work by appointing
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some of the Levites who were 20 years old or more to Super attend the work on the Temple of Yahweh the Levites jesua
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his sons and his brothers with cadm binui and his sons the sons of hodiah
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agreed to superintend the men working on the temple of God when the builders had laid the foundations of the Temple of
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Yahweh the priests in their robes stood forward with trumpets and the Levites
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the sons of aaf with symbols to praise Yahweh according to the ordinances of David king of Israel they chanted praise
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and thanks Thanksgiving to Yahweh because for Israel they said he is good
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and everlasting in his faithful love then all the people raised a mighty shout of praise to Yahweh since the
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foundations of the Temple of Yahweh had now been laid many of the older priests
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Levites and heads of families who had seen the first temple wept very loudly when the foundations of this one were
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laid before their eyes but many others shouted aloud for Joy so that nobody
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could distinguish the noise of the joy shout from the noise of the people's weeping for the people shouted so loudly
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that the noise could be heard far
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away Ezra chapter 4 when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the Exiles
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were building the Temple of Yahweh God of Israel they came to zerubabel and jeshua and the heads of families and
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said let us help you build for we resort to your God as you do and we have been sacrificing to him since the time of
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Esau Haden king of Assyria who brought us here zerubabel jeshua and the other
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heads of Israelite families replied it is out of the question that you should join us in building a temple for our God
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we shall build for Yahweh God of Israel on our own as king Cyrus King of Persia
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has commanded us the people of the country then set about demoralizing the people of Judah and deterring them from
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building they also bribed counselors against them to frustrate their their purpose throughout the lifetime of Cyrus
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King of Persia right on into the reign of Darius King of Persia in the reign of Xerxes at the beginning of his Reign
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they drew up an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem in the days of arz Xerxes mithredath tabel
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and their other associates wrote to arz Xerxes King of Persia against Jerusalem the text of the letter was written in
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Aramaic writing and dialect then ream the governor and shimshai the secretary wrote a letter to King ardz Xerxes
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denouncing Jerusalem as follows from ream the governor and shimshi the secretary and their other associates the
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judges the legats the Persian officials the people of Uruk Babylon and Susa that
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is the elamite and the other peoples Whom The Great and illustrious Asher banul deported and settled in the towns
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of Samaria and in the rest of trans Euphrates this is the text of the letter which they sent him to King ardz Xerxes
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from your servants the people of trans Euphrates May the king now please be informed that the Jews who have come up
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from you to us have arrived in Jerusalem and are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city they have begun rebuilding the
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walls and are laying the foundations and now the king should be informed that once the city is rebuilt and the walls
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are restored they will refuse to pay tribute tax or toll thus the king will
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incur a loss and now because we eat the palace salt it is not proper for us to
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see this front offered to the king we therefore send this information to the king so that a search may be made in the
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archives of your ancestors in which archives you will find and learn that this city is a rebellious City the bane
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of kings and provinces and that sedition has been stirred up there from ancient times that is why this city was
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destroyed we inform the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are restored you will soon have no
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territories left in trans Euphrates the king sent this reply to ream the
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governor to shimshai the secretary and to their other associates resident in Samaria and elsewhere in trans Euphrates
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greetings and now the document which you sent us has been accurately translated for me and by my order search has been
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made and it has been found that this city has rebelled against the kings in the past and that revolt and Sedition
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have been contrived in it and that powerful Kings have reigned in Jerusalem governing the whole of trans Euphrates
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and exacting tribute tax and now give orders for these men to cease work this city is not to be rebuilt
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until I give the order beware of acting negligently in this matter why should
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the harm grow to endanger the king as soon as the text of King Arda xerx
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document had been read to reham the governor shimshai the secretary and their associates they hurried to the
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Jews in Jerusalem and stopped their work by Force of Arms work on the temple of God in Jerusalem then ceased and was
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discontinued until the second year of the reign of Darius King of
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[Music] Persia Ezra chapter 5 when the prophets
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Hagi and Zechariah son of Ido prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the god of
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Israel who was over them zerubabel son of shiel Teel and jeshua Son of josed
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began rebuilding the temple of God in Jerusalem with them were the prophets of God supporting them
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it was then that tatan governor of trans Euphrates sheth bosen and their Associates came to them and asked who
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gave you the order to rebuild this Temple and complete this structure what are the names of the men putting up this
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building but the eyes of their God were watching over the Elders of the Jews so
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they were not forced to stop until a report could reach Darius and an official reply about the matter could be
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received from him a copy of the letter which tat and I governor of trans Euphrates sheth bosen and his associates
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the officials in trans Euphrates sent to King Darius they sent him a report which
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ran as follows to King Darius hearty greetings the king should be informed
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that we went to the province of Judah to the Temple of the great God which is being rebuilt with large Stones beams
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are being embedded in the walls the work is being carried out energetically and is making good progress questioning
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these Elders we asked them who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and
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complete this structure we also asked them their names to inform you so that we could record the names of the men who
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were their leaders they gave us the following answer we are the Servants of the god of Heaven and Earth we are
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rebuilding the temple built many years ago which a great king of Israel had built and completed but because our
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ancestors angered the god of Heaven he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar the caldian king of Babylon who destroyed
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this Temple and deported the people to Babylon in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon however King Cyrus issued an
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official order that this temple of God should be rebuilt furthermore those gold and silver articles belonging to the
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temple of God which Nebuchadnezzar had removed from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the Temple of Babylon King
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Cyrus in turn removed from the Temple of Babylon and handed back to a certain shesh bazer whom he had appointed
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Governor he said to him take these articles go go and return them to the temple which is in Jerusalem and let the
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temple of God be rebuilt on its original site this shesh bazer then came and laid the foundations of the temple of God in
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Jerusalem and it has been under construction ever since and is not yet finished hence if it please the king let
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search be made in the Royal treasuries in Babylon to find out if it is true that an official order was issued by
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King Cyrus for this temple of God in Jerusalem to be rebuilt and let the king's decision on this matter be sent
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to us
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Ezra chapter 6 then on the order of King Darius search was made in the archives
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deposited in the treasuries in Babylon and a scroll was found in the Fortress of ebat which ran as follows memorandum
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in the first year of King Cyrus King Cyrus issued this order temple of God in
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Jerusalem the temple is to be rebuilt as a place of off offering sacrifice and its foundations retained its height is
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to be 60 cubits its width 60 cubits with three layers of large stones and one
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layer of Timber the cost is to be met by the Royal treasury furthermore the gold
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and silver articles belonging to the temple of God which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought
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to Babylon are to be given back and return to the temple in Jerusalem each to its proper place and deposited in the
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temple of God hence tatani governor of trans Euphrates sheth bosen and your
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Associates the officials of trans Euphrates keep away from there leave the
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governor of the Jews and the Elders of the Jews alone to get on with their work on that temple of God they are permitted
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to rebuild that temple of God on that site and herewith are my instructions as to how you will assist these Elders of
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the Jews in the rebuilding of that temple of God the cost is to be paid in full to these men from the Royal Revenue
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that is from the taxes of trans Euphrates and without interruption and whatever is required young Bulls Rams
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Lambs for burnt offerings to the god of Heaven wheat salt wine oil as the
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priests in Jerusalem request is to be given them day by day without fail so that they may offer sacrifices
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acceptable to the god of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons furthermore I have issued an instruction
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that if anyone disobeys this order a beam is to be torn from his house he is to be impaled on it and his house is to
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be reduced to a rubbish Heap for his offense and may the God who has caused his name to live there overthrow the
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king of any people who dares to defy this and destroy the temple of God in Jerusalem I Darius have issued this
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order let it be punctiliously obeyed tatan governor of trans Euphrates sheth
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abuzeni and their Associates punctiliously obeyed the instructions sent by King Darius and the Elders of
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the Jews made good progress over their building thanks to the prophetic activity of the Prophet Hagi and
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Zechariah son of Ido completing the Reconstruction in accordance with the command of the god of Israel and the
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Order of Cyrus and of Darius this Temple was completed on the 23rd day of the
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month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius the Israelites the
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priests the Levites and the remainder of the Exiles joyfully celebrated the dedication of this temple of God for the
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for the dedication of this temple of God they offered 100 Bulls 200 Rams 400
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lambs and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 hegot corresponding to the
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number of the tribes of Israel then they installed the priests in their orders and the Levites in their positions for
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the ministry of the temple of God in Jerusalem as prescribed in the book of Moses the exil celebrated the Passover
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on the 14th day of the first month the Levites as one man had purified
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themselves all were pure so they sacrificed the Passover for all the Exiles for their brothers the priests
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and for themselves so the Israelites who had return from Exile and all those who had renounced the filthy practices of
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the people of the country to join them in resorting to Yahweh God of Israel ate the Passover for seven days they
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joyfully celebrated the Feast of unle bread for Yahweh had given them cause to Rejoice having moved the heart of the
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king of Assyria in their favor to support them in their work on the temple of God the god of
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Israel Ezra chapter 7 after these events in the reign of arz Xerxes King of
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Persia Ezra son of Sariah son of Azariah son of hilia son of shalam son of zadok
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son of aatb son of Amaria son of Azariah son of morath son of zerahiah
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son of azi son of baki son of abishua son of finus son of Eleazar son of the
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chief priest Aaron this Ezra came up from Babylon he was a scribe versed in the law of Moses which Yahweh God of
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Israel had given the king gave him everything that he asked for since the
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hand of Yahweh his God was over him a number of Israelites priests Levites
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singers Gatekeepers and Temple slaves AV went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of the reign of King ardz Xerxes Ezra
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arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month in the 7th year of the king's Reign for he had ordered the departure from
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Babylon on the first day of the first month and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month since the
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kindly hand of his God was over him for Ezra had devoted himself to studying the law of Yahweh so as to put into practice
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and teach its statutes and rulings this is the text of the document which king arzer es gave to Ezra the priest scribe
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a student of matters pertaining to yahweh's Commandments and statutes relating to Israel Arta Xerxes King of
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Kings to the priest Ezra Secretary of the law of the god of Heaven greetings
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now here are my orders all members of the people of Israel in My Kingdom
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including their priests and Levites who freely choose to go to Jerusalem May go
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with you for you are being sent by the king and his seven counselors to investigate how the law of your God in
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which you are expert is being applied in Judah and Jerusalem and to transport the silver and gold which the king and his
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counselors have voluntarily offered to the god of Israel who resides in Jerusalem as well as all the silver and
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gold which you receive throughout the province of Babylon and the voluntary offerings freely contributed by the
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people and the priests for the Temple of their God in Jerusalem this money you will punctiliously use for the purchase
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of bulls Rams l and the materials for the oblations and Libations which go
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with them offering these on the altar of the Temple of your God in Jerusalem and using the remainder of the silver and
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gold in accordance with the will of your God as you and your brothers may think fit you will deliver the Articles which
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have been given you for the ministry of the Temple of your God to the god of Jerusalem and whatever else is needed
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and you are obliged to supply for the Temple of your God you will supply from the Royal treasury I King ardz Xerxes
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have issued the following instruction to all the treasurers of trans Euphrates whatever the priest Ezra Secretary of
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the law of the god of Heaven May request of you is to be punctiliously complied with up to 100 Talons of silver 100 core
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of wheat 100 bat of wine 100 bat of oil and unlimited salt whatever the god of
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Heaven demands for the Temple of the god of Heaven Must Be diligently provided why should retribution come on the realm
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of the king and of his sons you are further informed that it is against the law to impose tribute tax or toll on any
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of the priests Levites singers Gatekeepers Temple slaves or other
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Servants of this temple of God and you Ezra by virtue of the wisdom of your God
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which you possess are to appoint magistrates and scribes to administer Justice for the whole people of trans
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Euphrates that is for all who know the law of your God and you are to teach it
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to those who do not know it and on anyone who will not comply with the law of your God and the law of the king let
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sentence be swiftly executed whether it be death banishment fine or imprisonment
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Blessed Be Yahweh God of our ancestors who moved the king's heart in this way to restore the beauty of the Temple of
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Yahweh in Jerusalem won for me the faithful love of the king his counselors and all the most powerful of the king's
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officials taking heart since the hand of Yahweh my God was over me I assembled
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those Israelite heads of families who were to go with
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me Ezra chapter 8 these with their genealogies were the heads of families
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who set out from Babylon with me in the reign of King ardz Xerxes of the sons of finus gersam of the sons of ithamar
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Daniel of the sons of David Hades son of shechaniah of the sons of parash
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Zechariah and with him 15 50 males officially registered of the sons of pth
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Moab eloen son of zerahiah and with him 200 males of the sons of zatu shechaniah
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son of jhazel and with him 300 males of the sons of Aiden eade son of Jonathan
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and with him 50 males of the sons of Elam Justa son of aaliah and with him 70
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males of the sons of shefah zebidah son of Michael and with him 80 males of the
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sons of joab Obadiah son of jihel and with him 218 males of the sons of Bonnie
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shth son of josephia and with him 160 males of the sons of buay Zechariah son
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of biay and with him 28 males of the sons of Asad Johan and Son of hakatan
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and with him 110 males of the sons of adonikam the younger Sons whose names
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elet giel and shemaya and with him 60 males and of the sons of BVI AI son of
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zabud and with him 70 males I assembled them near the canal which runs to aava
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where we camped for 3 days I noticed Layman and Priests but I could not
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discover any Levites there I then sent for Eleazar Ariel shemiah Elan jerb Elan
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Nathan Zechariah and Michelle judicious men and sent them to Ido the
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leading man of a place called cfia I told them what they were to say to Ido and his Kinsmen living at the place
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called cfia that is to provide us with people to serve the Temple of our God
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and because the hand of God was good to us they sent us a wise man of the sons of Molly son of Levi son of Israel a
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certain cheria with his sons and Kinsmen 18 men also hashiya and with him his
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brother Justa of the son son of marari with his Kinsmen and Sons 20 men and 220
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Temple slaves descendants of the temple slaves whom David and the princes had assigned to serve the Levites all of
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them designated by name there beside the yava canal I then proclaimed a fast to
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Humble ourselves before our God and to pray to him for a successful Journey for us our dependence and all our belongings
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for I should have been ashamed to ask the king for a company of Cavalry to protect us from hostile people people on our road as we had already said to the
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king the hand of our God is over all who seek Him for their protection but his mighty retribution befalls all those who
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forsake Him so we fasted and pleaded with our God about this and he heard us
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I next chose 12 of the leading priests and also Sheria and hashiya with 10 of
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their Kinsmen to them I weighed out the silver the gold and the utensils the
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contributions which the king his counselors his his notables and all the Israelites there present had made for
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the Temple of our God to them I weighed out and handed over 650 talant of silver
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100 utensils of silver valued at two talant 100 talant of gold 20 golden
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bowls valued at 1,000 dercks and two utensils of fine burnished copper as precious as gold I said to them you are
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consecrated to Yahweh these utensils are consecrated too the silver and gold are
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a voluntary offering to Yahweh God of your ancestors guard them carefully
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until you weigh them out to the leading priests the Levites and the heads of families of Israel in Jerusalem in the
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rooms of the Temple of Yahweh the priests and Levites then took charge of the silver the gold and the utensils
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thus weighed to bring them to Jerusalem to the Temple of our God on the 12th day
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of the first month we left the yava canal to make our way to Jerusalem the hand of our God was over us and
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protected us from enemies and surprise attacks on our way when we arrived in Jerusalem we rested for 3 Days on the
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fourth day the silver the gold and the utensils were weighed in the temple of our God and handed over to the priest
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miroth son of Uriah and with him Eleazar son of finus with them were the Levites
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jbad son of jeshua and noia Son of binui by number and weight all was there the
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total weight was recorded at the same time when the Exiles arrived from their captivity they offered burnt offerings
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to the god of Israel 12 Bulls on behalf of all Israel 96 Rams 72 lambs and as a
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sin offering 12 hegot the whole of this is a burnt offering to Yahweh they also
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delivered the king's instructions to the king satraps and the governors of trans Euphrates who then supported the people
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and the temple of [Music]
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God Ezra chapter 9 once this was done the
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officials approached me to say the people of Israel the priests and the Levites have not renounced the
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disgusting practices of the people of the country the Canaanites the Hittites
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the perizzites the jebusites the moabites the Egyptians and the amorites
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since they and their sons have married some of their women as a result of which the holy race has been contaminated by
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the people of the country the officials and leaders have been the worst offenders in this act of infidelity on
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hearing this I tore my clothes and my cloak I pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down in horror all who
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trembled at the words of the god of Israel gathered around me when faced with the infidelity of the Exiles while
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I went on sitting there in horror until the evening sacrifice at the evening sacrifice I came out of my stuper and
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falling on my knees in my torn clothes and cloak stretched out my hands to Yahweh my God and said my God I am
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ashamed I blush to lift my face to you my God for our iniquities have increased
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until they are higher than our heads and our guilt has risen as high as Heaven
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from the days of our ancestors until now we have been deeply guilty and because of our iniquities we our Kings and our
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priests have been handed over to the kings of other countries to the sword to captivity to pillage to shame as is the
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case today and now for a brief moment the favor of Yahweh Our God has allowed
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a remnant of us to escape and given us a stable home in his holy place so that our God can raise our spirits and revive
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us a little in our slavery for we are slaves but God has not forgotten us in our slavery he has extended his faithful
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love to us even under the kings of Persia and revived us to rebuild the Temple of our God restore its ruins and
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provide us with a refuge in Judah and in Jerusalem but now our god what can we
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say after this for we have abandoned your Commandments which you gave through your servants the prophets in these
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terms the country which you are about to possess is a polluted country polluted
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by the people of the country and their disgusting practices which have filled it with their filth from end to end
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hence you are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons or let their daughters marry your sons or ever
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concern yourselves about peace or good relations with them if you want to grow stronger to live off the f out of the
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land and bequeath it to your sons forever after all that has befallen us because of our evil deeds and our deep
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guilt though you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and
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have allowed us to escape like this are we to break your Commandments again and Inter marry with people with these
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disgusting practices would you not be enraged with us to the point of destroying us leaving neither Remnant
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nor Survivor Yahweh God of Israel you are upright we survive only as the
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remnant we are today we come before you in our guilt because of it we cannot
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stand in your [Music]
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presence Ezra chapter 10 while Ezra weeping and prostrating himself in front
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of the temple of God was praying and making confession a very large crowd of men women and children of Israel
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gathered around him the people weeping bitterly then shechaniah son of jihel
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one of the sons of Elam spoke up and said to Ezra we have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from
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the people of the country but in spite of this there is still some hope for
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Israel we will make a covenant with our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children in obedience to the
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advice of my Lord and of those who tremble at the Commandment of our God let us act in accordance with the law go
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ahead do your duty we support you be brave take action then Ezra stood up and
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put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel on oath to do what had been said they took the oath Ezra then left
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his place in front of the temple of God and went to the room of jahan's son of eliashib where he spent the night
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without eating food or drinking water because he was still mourning over the Exiles in Fidelity a proclamation was
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issued throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the Exiles were to assemble in Jerusalem and that anyone who failed
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within 3 Days To answer the Summons of the officials and Elders was to forfeit all his possessions and himself be
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excluded from the community of the Exiles as a result all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem
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within the 3 days it was the 20th day of the 9th month all the people sat down in
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the square in front of the temple of God trembling because of the matter in hand and because of the Heavy Rain the priest
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Ezra then stood up and said to the them you have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives thus adding to
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Israel's guilt so now give thanks to Yahweh God of your ancestors and do his
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will by holding aloof from the people of the country and from foreign wives in ringing tones the whole assembly
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answered yes our duty is to do as you say but there are many people here and
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it is the rainy season we cannot stay out in the open besides this is not
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something that can be dealt with within one or two days since many of us have been unfaithful over this let our
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officials deputize for the whole community and all the people in our towns who have married foreign wives can
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come at stated times accompanied by elders and judges from each town until
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our God's Fierce anger over this is turned away from us only Jonathan son of asahel and JIA son of tikva supported by
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michalam and shabii the levite were opposed to this the Exiles did as had
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been proposed and the priest Ezra selected the family heads of the various families all of them by name who began
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their sittings on the first day of the 10th month to look into the matter and by the first day of the first month they
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had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women among the priests who were found to have married foreign
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wives were of the sons of jesua son of josc and his brothers messia Eleazar
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jerb and gelia who agreed to send their wives away their guilt offering was a
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Ram from the flock for their guilt of the sons of immer hanani and zebidah of
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the sons of Haram messah Elijah shemaya jihel and Isiah of the sons of pure
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ileni messia Ishmael nethanel jbad and alassa of the Levites jbad shimy kayia
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that is kelah Judah and Eleazar of the the singers elib and zacher of The
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Gatekeepers Shalom telum and Yuri and of the Israelites of the sons of parash Ria
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IIA Mala maaman eleazer malija and bayah
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of the sons of Elam metania Zechariah jihel Abdi jerimoth and Elijah of the
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sons of zatu ileni elib matania aroth
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zabad and Aiza of the sons of biay jiahan hananiah zabbi at of the sons of
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BVI melum Malik Judah jashub Sheil
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jerimoth of the sons of pth Moab adna chaol bayah messia metania bezalel binui
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and Manasseh of the sons of Haram eleazer ishah malija shmaya shiman
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Benjamin Malik shimah of the sons of Hasam matanai Matata zabid elet jeremi
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manasse shimy of the sons of Bonnie madai amam uul bayah bedah galui Vana
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miroth eliashib matania matanai and josa
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of the sons of of binui shimy sheliah Nathan and adaa of the sons of zachai
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shasi sharai azil sheliah shimah shalam
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Amaria Joseph of the sons of Nebo jel maiah zabid zabina Jad Joel bayah all
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these had married foreign wives but sent them away with their children
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