Ezra 1
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Ezra 1:3-5

3WhoeverH4310 there is among you of allH3605 His peopleH5971, may his GodH430 be with him! 1GoH5927 upH5927 to JerusalemH3389 whichH834 is in JudahH3063 and rebuildH1129 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478; 2He is the GodH430 whoH834 is in JerusalemH3389. 4And everyH3605 survivorH7604, at whateverH3605H834 placeH4725 he may 3liveH1481, the peopleH376 of 4that placeH4725 are to supportH5375 him with silverH3701 and goldH2091, with equipmentH7399 and cattleH929, togetherH5973 withH5973 a 5voluntaryH5071 offeringH5071 for the houseH1004 of GodH430 whichH834 is in JerusalemH3389.’”

5Then the headsH7218 of fathers’H1 households of JudahH3063 and BenjaminH1144 and the priestsH3548 and the LevitesH3881 roseH6965 upH6965, 6everyoneH3605 whose spiritH7307 GodH430 had stirredH5782 to goH5927 upH5927 to rebuildH1129 the houseH1004 of the LordH3068 whichH834 is in JerusalemH3389.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ezra 1:3 Lit he is to go up ↩
  2. 2. Ezra 1:3 1 Kin 8:23; 18:39; Is 37:16; Dan 6:26 ↩
  3. 3. Ezra 1:4 Or reside as a stranger ↩
  4. 4. Ezra 1:4 Lit his ↩
  5. 5. Ezra 1:4 Or freewill offering ↩
  6. 6. Ezra 1:5 Ezra 1:1, 2 ↩

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