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    Ezra

    Ezra 1

    1 During the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in fulfillment of the message from the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD prompted a1:1 Lit. stirred up the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia, to make this proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, which was also released in written form:ISV — Ezra 1:1

    2 AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM b1:2 Lit. Thus says CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple c1:2 Or house, and so throughout the book for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.ISV — Ezra 1:2

    3 Therefore, who among the LORD’s d1:3 Lit. among all of his people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem of Judah to rebuild the Temple of the LORD e1:3 Lit. of his LORD God of Israel, the God of Jerusalem.ISV — Ezra 1:3

    4 Furthermore, everyone who wishes to repatriate f1:4 Lit. who remains from any territory where he now resides is to receive assistance from his fellow residents in the form of silver, gold, equipment, and pack animals, in addition to voluntary offerings for the Temple of the God of Jerusalem.ISV — Ezra 1:4

    5 In response, the heads of the families g1:5 Lit. fathers of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and descendants of Levi, and all those who had been prompted h1:5 Lit. all whose spirit had been stirred up by God, prepared to travel to rebuild the Temple of the LORD, which was in Jerusalem.ISV — Ezra 1:5

    6 So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers i1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.ISV — Ezra 1:6

    7 King Cyrus also brought out from storage j1:7 The Heb. lacks from storage the service instruments from the Temple of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his gods. k1:7 LXX his godISV — Ezra 1:7

    8 Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out to Mithredath the Treasurer, had them inventoried, and had them placed in care of l1:8 Lit. Treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, m1:8 i.e. Zerubbabel; Sheshbazzar is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2) governor of Judah.ISV — Ezra 1:8

    9 Here is a partial inventory: n1:9 Lit. This was their number Gold dishes: 30 Silver dishes: 1,000 Sacrificial knives: 29ISV — Ezra 1:9

    10 Gold bowls: 30 Silver bowls of another kind: o1:10 Lit. of a second 410 Miscellaneous instruments: 1,000ISV — Ezra 1:10

    11 The complete inventory of gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar p1:11 i.e. Zerubbabel; Sheshbazzar is the Persian equivalent (cf. 2:2) brought them all to Jerusalem, along with the exiles from Babylon.ISV — Ezra 1:11

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