the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Ezra 1-2
Chapter 1
The Decree of Cyrus
1 In(a) the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,[a] the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled.(b) The Lord put it into the mind(c) of King Cyrus to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and to put it in writing:
2 This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: "The Lord , the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah.(d) 3 Whoever is among His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the Lord , the God of Israel,(e) the God who is in Jerusalem. 4 Let every survivor,(f) wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem."
Return from Exile
5 So the family leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone God had motivated[b](g)—prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord 's house in Jerusalem. 6 All their neighbors supported them[c](h) with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering. 7 King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the Lord 's house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the house of his gods.(i) 8 King Cyrus of Persia had them brought out under the supervision of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.(j) 9 This was the inventory:
30 gold basins, 1,000 silver basins,
29 silver knives,
10 30 gold bowls,
410 various[d] silver bowls, and 1,000 other articles.
11 The gold and silver articles totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of them when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
Chapter 2
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