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CHAPTER 5
Ezra 5:1
1 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo,
prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the
God  of Israel,  even unto  them.
Ezra 5:2
2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak,
and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem:  and with them  were
the prophets  of God  helping  them. Ezra 5:3
3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath
commanded  you to build  this  house,  and to make up  this  wall? Ezra 5:4
4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that
make this building?
Ezra 5:5
5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not
cause them to cease, till the matter came  to Darius:  and then  they returned
answer  by letter  concerning  this  matter. Ezra 5:6
6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and
Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side
the river, sent unto  Darius  the king: Ezra 5:7
7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king,
all peace.
Ezra 5:8
8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the
house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid 
in the walls,  and this  work  goeth  fast  on, and prospereth  in their hands.
Ezra 5:9
9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to
build this house, and to make up these  walls? Ezra 5:10
10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of
the men that were the chief of them. Ezra 5:11
11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of
heaven and earth, and build the house that was  builded  these  many years 
ago,  which a great  king  of Israel  builded  and set up. Ezra 5:12
12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he
gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon,  the Chaldean, 
who destroyed  this  house,  and carried  the people  away  into Babylon.
Ezra 5:13
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made
a decree to build this house  of God. Ezra 5:14
14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them
into the temple  of Babylon,  those  did Cyrus  the king  take  out of the
temple  of Babylon,  and they were delivered  unto one, whose name  was
Sheshbazzar,  whom he had made  governor; Ezra 5:15
15 And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that
is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in  his place. Ezra 5:16
16 Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God
which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now  hath it been in
building,  and yet it is not  finished. Ezra 5:17
17 Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the
king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be  so, that a
decree  was made  of  Cyrus  the king  to build  this  house  of God at
Jerusalem,  and let the king  send  his pleasure  to us concerning  this
matter.
CHAPTER 6
Ezra 6:1
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the
rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. Ezra 6:2
2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the
Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: Ezra 6:3
3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree
concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded,  the place 
where they offered  sacrifices,  and let the foundations  thereof be strongly
laid;  the height  thereof threescore  cubits,  and the breadth thereof
threescore  cubits;
Ezra 6:4
4 With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the
expenses be given out of the king's house: Ezra 6:5
5 And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought
unto Babylon,  be restored,  and brought again  unto the temple which is at
Jerusalem,  every one to his place,  and place  them in the house  of God.
Ezra 6:6
6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your
companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from
thence:
Ezra 6:7
7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the
elders of the Jews build this house of God  in  his place. Ezra 6:8
8 Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the
building of this house of God:  that of the king's  goods,  even of  the
tribute  beyond  the river,  forthwith  expenses  be  given  unto these men, 
that they be not  hindered.
Ezra 6:9
9 And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs,
for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, 
according to the appointment  of the priests  which are at Jerusalem, let it be
 given  them day  by day  without  fail: Ezra 6:10
10 That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and
pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Ezra 6:11
11 Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber
be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; 
and let his house  be made  a dunghill  for  this. Ezra 6:12
12 And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and
people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this  house of God
 which is at Jerusalem.  I  Darius  have made  a decree;  let it be done  with
speed.
Ezra 6:13
13 Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their
companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did
speedily.
Ezra 6:14
14 And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the
prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they
builded, and finished it, according  to the commandment  of the God  of Israel,
 and according to the commandment  of Cyrus,  and Darius,  and Artaxerxes  king
 of Persia.
Ezra 6:15
15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in
the sixth year of the reign of Darius  the king. Ezra 6:16
16 And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of
the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with
joy,
Ezra 6:17
17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two
hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering  for  all Israel, 
twelve  he  goats,  according to the number  of the tribes  of Israel.
Ezra 6:18
18 And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their
courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the
book of Moses.
Ezra 6:19
19 And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day
of the first month.
Ezra 6:20
20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were
pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for
their brethren the priests, and for themselves. Ezra 6:21
21 And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all
such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen
of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, Ezra 6:22
22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had
made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to
strengthen  their hands  in the work  of the house  of God,  the God  of
Israel.
CHAPTER 7
Ezra 7:1
1 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the
son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, Ezra 7:2
2 The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, Ezra 7:3
3 The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, Ezra 7:4
4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, Ezra 7:5
5 The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron
the chief priest:
Ezra 7:6
6 This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of
Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted  him all
his request,  according to the hand  of the LORD  his God  upon him. Ezra 7:7
7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the
Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem,
in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. Ezra 7:8
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of
the king.
Ezra 7:9
9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and
on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good
hand  of his God  upon him. Ezra 7:10
10 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 7:11
11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra
the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the
LORD, and of his statutes  to Israel. Ezra 7:12
12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the
God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. Ezra 7:13
13 I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests
and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to
Jerusalem,  go  with thee. Ezra 7:14
14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to
enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which
is in thine hand;
Ezra 7:15
15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have
freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, Ezra
7:16
16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of
Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering
willingly for the house  of their God  which is in Jerusalem: Ezra 7:17
17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with
their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon  the altar 
of the house  of your God  which is in Jerusalem. Ezra 7:18
18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the
rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. Ezra 7:19
19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy
God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. Ezra 7:20
20 And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou
shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. Ezra
7:21
21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers
which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe  of the
law  of the God  of heaven,  shall require  of you, it be done speedily,
Ezra 7:22
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and
to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil,  and salt without 
prescribing  how much.
Ezra 7:23
23 Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for
the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath  against the
realm  of the king  and his sons? Ezra 7:24
24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers,
porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful 
to impose  toll,  tribute,  or custom,  upon  them. Ezra 7:25
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set
magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the
river,  all  such as know  the laws  of thy God;  and teach  ye them that know 
them not.
Ezra 7:26
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let
judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether  it be unto death,  or to
banishment,  or  to confiscation  of goods,  or to imprisonment. Ezra 7:27
27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this
in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:
Ezra 7:28
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and
before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the
LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together  out of Israel  chief men  to
go up  with me.


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