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\BibleBook{Ezra}

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\BibleTitleTwo{This book contains the account of some of the people of Judah returning to Judah and rebuilding the temple. We call this book }
\BibleMainTitle{Ezra }

\BibleSectionHeading{Cyrus let the Jews return to Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Cyrus let the Jews return to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{1}During|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" first|strong="H7223" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3605" Cyrus|strong="H3566" ruled|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, he|strong="H3068" did|strong="H3068" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" fulfilled|strong="H3615" what|strong="H1697" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H3068" prophecied. Yahweh|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" Cyrus|strong="H3566" to|strong="H3068" write|strong="H3789" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697", and|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1571" Cyrus|strong="H3566" sent|strong="H5674" this|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" throughout|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" empire|strong="H4438": 
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\verseNumber{2}“I|strong="H5414", King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566", who|strong="H3605" rule|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, declare|strong="H5046" this|strong="H1931": 'Yahweh, the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*/\+w rules|strong="H4428"\+w*} from|strong="H5921" heaven|strong="H8064", has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" become|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" ruler|strong="H6485" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" kingdoms|strong="H4467" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w know|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w about|strong="H5921"\+w*} on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" earth|strong="H8064". And|strong="H3063" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" appointed|strong="H6485" me|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w enable|strong="H7980"\+w* \+w his|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1931"\+w*} to|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", in|strong="H5921" Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w land|strong="H8064"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}All|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H4310" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3068" may|strong="H1961" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" this|strong="H1931" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" who|strong="H4310" lives|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w is|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w* \+w by|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w you|strong="H3605"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971". I|strong="H3478" desire|strong="H8378"/hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w and|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w who|strong="H4310"\+w* \+w go|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w there|strong="H1961"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{4}Those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" places|strong="H4725" where|strong="H8033" Israelis are|strong="H1004" living|strong="H1481", whose|strong="H8033" ancestors|strong="H0001" were|strong="H1004" exiled|strong="H1540" here|strong="H8033", should|strong="H4725" contribute|strong="H5068" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" to|strong="H3389" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" go|strong="H1980". They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H4725" also|strong="H3389" give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" supplies|strong="H7399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w they|strong="H8033"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w need|strong="H4270"\+w* \+w for|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w journey|strong="H1870"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. They|strong="H8033" should|strong="H4725" also|strong="H3389" give|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5375" some|strong="H8033" livestock|strong="H4735", and|strong="H3701" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H1004" money|strong="H3701" to|strong="H3389" help|strong="H5375" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".' ” 
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\verseNumber{5}Then|strong="H6965" God|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3063" ◄Levites|strong="H3881"/men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004"► and|strong="H3063" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" that|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3881" descended|strong="H3381" from|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Those|strong="H3605" whom|strong="H0834" God|strong="H3068" motivated|strong="H0834" got|strong="H6965" ready|strong="H3559" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" build|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" there|strong="H5927". 
\verseNumber{6}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3027" their|strong="H3605" neighbors|strong="H7934" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H3027" giving|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" things|strong="H3605" made|strong="H2388" of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", and|strong="H3701" supplies|strong="H7399" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" journey|strong="H1870", and|strong="H3701" livestock|strong="H4735". They|strong="H5921" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H4030" gifts|strong="H4979", and|strong="H3701" also|strong="H3027" gave|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w buy|strong="H7069"\+w* \+w things|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{7}King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" brought|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" taken|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s gods|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{8}Cyrus|strong="H3566" commanded|strong="H6680" Mithredath|strong="H4990", the|strong="H5921" treasurer|strong="H1489" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Persian|strong="H6542" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, to|strong="H3318" count|strong="H5608" all|strong="H5921" these|strong="H4428" items|strong="H3627" and|strong="H3063" then|strong="H3318" give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3318" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339", the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w group|strong="H7235"\+w* \+w that|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w was|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w going|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w return|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3318"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{9}This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H4557" the|strong="H4557" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H4557" Cyrus|strong="H3566" donated: 
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30 large|strong="H1419" gold|strong="H2091" dishes|strong="H7086" 
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1,000 large|strong="H1419" silver|strong="H3701" dishes|strong="H7086" 
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29 silver|strong="H3701" ◄censers|strong="H4289"/incense|strong="H7004" burning|strong="H2740" pans|strong="H3709"► 
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\verseNumber{10}30 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713" 
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410 silver|strong="H3701" bowls|strong="H3713" 
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1,000 other|strong="H4932" items|strong="H3627". 
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\verseNumber{11}All|strong="H3605" together|strong="H5973", there|strong="H5927" were|strong="H3627" 5,400 items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" silver|strong="H3701" or|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", that|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3627"\+w* \+w given|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w*} take|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5973" when|strong="H5927" he|strong="H2568" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" returned|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The list of groups that returned to Judah }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The list of groups that returned to Judah }
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\chapterNumber{2}King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w soldiers|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H4428" captured|strong="H7628" many|strong="H7227" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" taken|strong="H5927" them|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Babylonia|strong="H0894". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w later|strong="H0310"\+w*, } some|strong="H4480" Israeli peole returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Judah|strong="H3063". Some|strong="H4480" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", and|strong="H1121" some|strong="H4480" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w places|strong="H1116"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4428"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". They|strong="H1540" went|strong="H5927" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" towns|strong="H5892" where|strong="H0834" their|strong="H7725" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H4428" lived|strong="H3427". This|strong="H7725" is|strong="H5892" a|strong="H5927" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H7725" groups|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4557" those|strong="H5973" groups|strong="H7218" were|strong="H3478" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", Nehemiah|strong="H5166", Seraiah|strong="H8304", Reelaiah|strong="H7480", Mordecai|strong="H4782", Bilshan|strong="H1114", Mispar|strong="H4558", Bigvai|strong="H0902", Rehum|strong="H7348", and|strong="H3478" Baanah|strong="H1196". 
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There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478": 
\verseNumber{3}2,172 descendants of Parosh 
\verseNumber{4}372 descendants of Shephatiah 
\verseNumber{5}775 descendants of Arah 
\verseNumber{6}2,812 descendants of Pahath-Moab, from the families of Jeshua and Joab 
\verseNumber{7}1,254 descendants of Elam 
\verseNumber{8}945 descendants of Zattu 
\verseNumber{9}760 descendants of Zaccai 
\verseNumber{10}642 descendants of Bani 
\verseNumber{11}623 descendants of Bebai 
\verseNumber{12}1,222 descendants of Azgad 
\verseNumber{13}666 descendants of Adonikam 
\verseNumber{14}2,056 descendants of Bigvai 
\verseNumber{15}454 descendants of Adin 
\verseNumber{16}98 descendants of Ater, whose other name was Hezekiah 
\verseNumber{17}323 descendants of Bezai 
\verseNumber{18}112 descendants of Jorah 
\verseNumber{19}223 descendants of Hashum 
\verseNumber{20}95 descendants of Gibbar. 
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\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w People|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*:} 
\verseNumber{21}123 from Bethlehem 
\verseNumber{22}56 from Netophah 
\verseNumber{23}128 from Anathoth 
\verseNumber{24}42 from Azmaveth 
\verseNumber{25}743 from Kiriath-Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth 
\verseNumber{26}621 from Ramah and Geba 
\verseNumber{27}122 from Micmash 
\verseNumber{28}223 from Bethel and Ai 
\verseNumber{29}52 from Nebo 
\verseNumber{30}156 from Magbish 
\verseNumber{31}1,254 from Elam 
\verseNumber{32}320 from Harim 
\verseNumber{33}725 from Lod, Hadid, and Ono 
\verseNumber{34}345 from Jericho 
\verseNumber{35}3,630 from Senaah. 
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\verseNumber{36}Priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" returned|strong="H7725": 
\verseNumber{37}1,052 descendants of Immer 
\verseNumber{38}1,247 descendants of Pashhur 
\verseNumber{39}1,017 descendants of Harim. 
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The|strong="H1121" ones|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w rest|strong="H5117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1121"\+w*} tribe|strong="H4294" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" were|strong="H1121": 
\verseNumber{40}74 descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel, who were from the family of Hodaviah 
\verseNumber{41}128 singers who were descendants of Asaph 
\verseNumber{42}139 ◄gatekeepers/men who guarded the gates of the temple► who were descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai. 
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\verseNumber{43}The|strong="H1121" ◄temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" would|strong="H0014" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" temple|strong="H5411"► who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" these|strong="H0428" men|strong="H1121": 
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Ziha|strong="H6727", Hasupha|strong="H2817", Tabbaoth|strong="H2884", 
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\verseNumber{44}Keros|strong="H7026", Siaha|strong="H5517", Padon|strong="H6303", 
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\verseNumber{45}Lebanah|strong="H3838", Hagabah|strong="H2286", Akkub|strong="H6126", 
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\verseNumber{46}Hagab|strong="H2285", Shalmai|strong="H8073", Hanan|strong="H2605", 
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\verseNumber{47}Giddel|strong="H1435", Gahar|strong="H1515", Reaiah|strong="H7211", 
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\verseNumber{48}Rezin|strong="H7526", Nekoda|strong="H5353", Gazzam|strong="H1502", 
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\verseNumber{49}Uzza|strong="H5798", Paseah|strong="H6454", Besai|strong="H1153", 
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\verseNumber{50}Asnah|strong="H0619", Meunim|strong="H4586", Nephusim|strong="H5300", 
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\verseNumber{51}Bakbuk|strong="H1227", Hakupha|strong="H2709", Harhur|strong="H2744", 
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\verseNumber{52}Bazluth|strong="H1213", Mehida|strong="H4240", Harsha|strong="H2797", 
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\verseNumber{53}Barkos|strong="H1302", Sisera|strong="H5516", Temah|strong="H8547", 
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\verseNumber{54}Neziah|strong="H5335", and|strong="H1121" Hatipha|strong="H2412". 
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\verseNumber{55}These|strong="H0428" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w King|strong="H4428"\+w*} Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*}: 
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Sotai|strong="H5479", Hassophereth|strong="H5618", Peruda|strong="H6514", 
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\verseNumber{56}Jaalah|strong="H3279", Darkon|strong="H1874", Giddel|strong="H1435", 
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\verseNumber{57}Shephatiah|strong="H8203", Hattil|strong="H2411", Pokereth-Hazzebaim|strong="H6380", and|strong="H1121" Ami|strong="H0532". 
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\verseNumber{58}Altogether|strong="H3605", there|strong="H3605" were|strong="H1121" 392 temple|strong="H5411" workers|strong="H6466" and|strong="H3967" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Solomon’s|strong="H8010" servants|strong="H5650" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725". 
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\verseNumber{59}There|strong="H1992" was|strong="H3478" another|strong="H5046" group|strong="H7235" who|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Tel-Melah|strong="H8528", Tel-Harsha|strong="H8521", Kerub|strong="H3743", Addan|strong="H0135", and|strong="H3478" Immer|strong="H0564" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}. But|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" could|strong="H3201" not|strong="H3808" prove|strong="H5254" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w people|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w lived|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w*} Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{60}This|strong="H1121" group|strong="H7235" included|strong="H5475" 652 people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Delaiah|strong="H1806", Tobiah|strong="H2900", and|strong="H3967" Nekoda|strong="H5353". 
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\verseNumber{61}Hobaiah’s clan|strong="H4940", Hakkoz’s clan|strong="H4940", and|strong="H1121" Barzillai’s clan|strong="H4940" also|strong="H8034" returned|strong="H7725". Barzillai|strong="H1271" had|strong="H3548" married|strong="H3947" a|strong="H3947" woman|strong="H1323" who|strong="H3548" was|strong="H8034" a|strong="H3947" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Barzillai|strong="H1271" from|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w*} Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w region|strong="H2256"\+w*}, and|strong="H1121" he|strong="H5921" had|strong="H3548" taken|strong="H3947" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H7121" father-in-law’s clan|strong="H4940". 
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\verseNumber{62}The|strong="H4480" people|strong="H3808" in|strong="H4672" that|strong="H4480" group|strong="H7235" searched|strong="H1245" in|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" documents|strong="H5612" that|strong="H4480" had|strong="H4672" the|strong="H4480" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" ancestors|strong="H0001" of|strong="H4480" all|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" clans|strong="H4940", but|strong="H3808" these|strong="H0428" men’s|strong="H0120" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672". So|strong="H4480" they|strong="H3808" were|strong="H4672" not|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H4480" work|strong="H4399" that|strong="H4480" priests|strong="H3808" did|strong="H3808". 
\verseNumber{63}The|strong="H5704" governor|strong="H8660" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5975" that|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3548" need|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5704" ask|strong="H7592" a|strong="H5975" priest|strong="H3548" to|strong="H5704" consult|strong="H3289" Yahweh|strong="H3068" by|strong="H5975" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{◄\+w casting|strong="H4165"\+w*/\+w throwing|strong="H3027"\+w*} the|strong="H5704" sacred|strong="H6944" lots|strong="H1486"/stones|strong="H0068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w been|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w marked|strong="H8104"\+w*}►, to|strong="H5704" determine|strong="H7200" if|strong="H0518" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H6944" truly|strong="H3588" Israelis. When|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" priests|strong="H3548" did|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3548", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w stones|strong="H0068"\+w* \+w showed|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w were|strong="H6944"\+w* Israelis}, they|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3548" be|strong="H3808" permitted|strong="H5117" to|strong="H5704" eat|strong="H0398" the|strong="H5704" shares|strong="H2256" of|strong="H3548" the|strong="H5704" sacrifices|strong="H6944" that|strong="H3548" were|strong="H6944" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H5704" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{64}Altogether|strong="H3605" 42,360 Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3605" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3605" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\verseNumber{65}There|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5650" also|strong="H1571" 7,337 servants|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" 200 musicians|strong="H7891", both|strong="H8147" men|strong="H5650" and|strong="H3967" women|strong="H7891", who|strong="H5650" returned|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{66}The|strong="H3967" Israelis brought|strong="H0935" with|strong="H5483" them|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5483"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} 736 horses|strong="H5483", 245 mules|strong="H6505", 
\verseNumber{67}435 camels|strong="H1581", and|strong="H3967" 6,720 donkeys|strong="H2543". 
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\verseNumber{68}When|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" arrived|strong="H0935" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" leaders|strong="H7218" gave|strong="H5414" money|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w supplies|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w needed|strong="H1767"\+w* } to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" place|strong="H4349" where|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" previously|strong="H8543". 
\verseNumber{69}They|strong="H5414" all|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" much|strong="H7227" money|strong="H3701" as|strong="H5414" they|strong="H5414" were|strong="H5414" able|strong="H3581" to|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414". Altogether|strong="H3162" they|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" 61,000 gold|strong="H2091" coins, ◄6,250 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,000 kg.► of|strong="H3548" silver|strong="H3701", and|strong="H3967" 100 robes|strong="H3801" for|strong="H3701" the|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548". 
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\verseNumber{70}Then|strong="H3548" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H3427" Levi|strong="H3881", the|strong="H3605" musicians|strong="H7891", the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411" guards|strong="H7778", and|strong="H3478" some|strong="H4480" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H3605"\+w*} people|strong="H5971" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" towns|strong="H5892" and|strong="H3478" villages|strong="H2691" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w near|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. The|strong="H3605" rest|strong="H5117" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" went|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" places|strong="H3605" in|strong="H3427" Israel|strong="H3478" where|strong="H4480" their|strong="H3605" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3478" lived|strong="H3427". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They rebuilt the altar in Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They rebuilt the altar in Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{3}After|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5060" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Israel|strong="H3478"\+w*, \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w*} had|strong="H3478" begun|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3478" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H5060" towns|strong="H5892", ◄in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5060" autumn|strong="H2779" of|strong="H1121"/after|strong="H0310" the|strong="H5060" hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256" ended|strong="H1961" in|strong="H3478"► that|strong="H5971" year|strong="H7637", they|strong="H2320" all|strong="H3605" gathered|strong="H3478" together|strong="H5971" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6965" Jeshua|strong="H3442", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" fellow|strong="H1121" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shealtiel|strong="H7597" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" friends|strong="H7453", all|strong="H5921" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H0430", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H1121" whom|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H6965"\+w*}. They|strong="H5921" did|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3478" in|strong="H5921" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" could|strong="H6965" sacrifice|strong="H5930" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" what|strong="H5927" the|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" Moses|strong="H4872" had|strong="H3478" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H4872"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3-6}Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" afraid|strong="H3372" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H0834" already|strong="H3528" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H0935" that|strong="H0834" area|strong="H1508", they|strong="H1992" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" same|strong="H1931" place|strong="H4725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w where|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w previous|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w*}. Before|strong="H6440" they|strong="H1992" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" lay|strong="H7901" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1121" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*} started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H0413" burn|strong="H8313" sacrifices|strong="H2077" to|strong="H0413" Yahweh|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w on|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w altar|strong="H4196"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" offered|strong="H5927" sacrifices|strong="H2077" every|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" and|strong="H3967" every|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153". Fifteen|strong="H2568" days|strong="H3117" after|strong="H0310" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w started|strong="H2490"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w offer|strong="H7126"\+w* \+w these|strong="H0428"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Living|strong="H2416"\+w* \+w in|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w Temporary|strong="H5521"\+w*} Shelters|strong="H5521", as|strong="H0834" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Moses|strong="H4872"\+w*} had|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6680" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H0413" do|strong="H6213" in|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w gave|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w him|strong="H5414"\+w*}. Each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" offered|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" that|strong="H0834" day|strong="H3117". In|strong="H0935" addition|strong="H5921", they|strong="H1992" presented|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" regular|strong="H8548" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H8002" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w*} for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" New|strong="H2319" Moon|strong="H3394" Festivals|strong="H4150" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H0312" festivals|strong="H4150" that|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" celebrated|strong="H6213" each|strong="H0376" year|strong="H8141" to|strong="H0413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w honor|strong="H3519"\+w*} Yahweh|strong="H3068". They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1571" brought|strong="H0935" other|strong="H0312" offerings|strong="H8002" only|strong="H0389" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" desired|strong="H2530" to|strong="H0413" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w not|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w were|strong="H0834"\+w* \+w required|strong="H7592"\+w* \+w to|strong="H0413"\+w* \+w bring|strong="H0935"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H1992" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They|strong="H1992" rebuilt|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" Israelis hired|strong="H7936" masons|strong="H2672" and|strong="H3701" carpenters|strong="H2796", and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5921" bought|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w*} cedar|strong="H0730" trees|strong="H6086" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Tyre|strong="H6876" and|strong="H3701" Sidon|strong="H6721" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w*}, and|strong="H3701" they|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" those|strong="H4480" people|strong="H5971" food|strong="H3978" and|strong="H3701" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3701" olive|strong="H8081" oil|strong="H8081" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086". They|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5921" logs|strong="H6086" down|strong="H5414" from|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w mountains|strong="H2022"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Lebanon|strong="H3844" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* Mediterranean \+w seacoast|strong="H3220"\+w* \+w and|strong="H3701"\+w* \+w then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w floated|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w along|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w coast|strong="H1366"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Sea|strong="H3220"\+w*,} to|strong="H5921" Joppa|strong="H3305". King|strong="H4428" Cyrus|strong="H3566" permitted|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Then|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w logs|strong="H6086"\+w* \+w were|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w brought|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w from|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w Joppa|strong="H3305"\+w* inland \+w up|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}The|strong="H3605" Israelis started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" ◄spring|strong="H6779"/time|strong="H8145" before|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" hot|strong="H2552" season|strong="H6256"► of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" second|strong="H8145" year|strong="H8141" after|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Zerubbabel|strong="H2216" and|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" worked|strong="H4399" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" building|strong="H1129". All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" ◄Levites|strong="H3881"/men|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" did|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004"► supervised|strong="H5921" this|strong="H3068" work|strong="H4399". 
\verseNumber{9}Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" relatives|strong="H1121", and|strong="H1121" Kadmiel|strong="H6934" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hodaviah|strong="H1938", also|strong="H6213" helped|strong="H5826" to|strong="H5921" supervise|strong="H5329" the|strong="H5921" work|strong="H4399". The|strong="H5921" family|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Henadad|strong="H2582", who|strong="H1121" were|strong="H1121" also|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" Levites|strong="H3881", joined|strong="H2266" with|strong="H1004" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" supervising this|strong="H6213" work|strong="H4399". 
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\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" builders|strong="H1129" finished|strong="H3615" laying|strong="H3245" the|strong="H5921" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1964", the|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548" put|strong="H3847" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" robes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H1121" stood|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3068" places|strong="H3027", blowing|strong="H8628" their|strong="H3068" trumpets|strong="H2689". Then|strong="H5975" the|strong="H5921" Levites|strong="H3881", who|strong="H3068" were|strong="H3478" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asaph|strong="H0623", clashed/banged their|strong="H3068" cymbals|strong="H4700" to|strong="H3478" praise|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068", just|strong="H5975" as|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" had|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} told|strong="H5046" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Asaph|strong="H0623"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w musicians|strong="H7891"\+w*} to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068". 
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3588" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" and|strong="H3478" thanked|strong="H1288" him|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H3588" sang|strong="H1984" this|strong="H3588" song|strong="H7892" about|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921": 
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“He|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3068" very|strong="H1419" good|strong="H2896" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w*}! 
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He|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" loves|strong="H0157" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971", and|strong="H3478" he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5921" forever|strong="H5769".” 
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Then|strong="H6030" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" shouted|strong="H7321" loudly|strong="H1419", praising|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" had|strong="H3068" finished|strong="H3615" laying|strong="H3245" the|strong="H3605" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" Yahweh’s|strong="H3068" temple|strong="H1004". 
\verseNumber{12}Many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H7200" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w old|strong="H2205"\+w*} priests|strong="H3548", Levites|strong="H3881", and|strong="H1419" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" families|strong="H1004" remembered|strong="H2142" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H2088"\+w*} the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w was|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w*}, and|strong="H1419" they|strong="H3548" cried|strong="H1058" aloud|strong="H7311" when|strong="H7200" they|strong="H3548" saw|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H1004" this|strong="H2088" temple|strong="H1004" being|strong="H1004" laid|strong="H3245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w new|strong="H2319"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w would|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w be|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w beautiful|strong="H3303"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5869"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7200"\+w* \+w first|strong="H7223"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. But|strong="H7200" the|strong="H7200" other|strong="H2088" people|strong="H5869" shouted|strong="H8643" joyfully|strong="H8057". 
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H8085" shouting|strong="H8643" and|strong="H1419" the|strong="H8085" crying|strong="H1065" was|strong="H6963" very|strong="H5704" loud|strong="H1419"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w even|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} far|strong="H5704" away|strong="H7350" could|strong="H5234" hear|strong="H8085" it|strong="H3588". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Their enemies opposed rebuilding the temple }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Their enemies opposed rebuilding the temple }
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\chapterNumber{4}The|strong="H8085" enemies|strong="H6862" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" people|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w tribes|strong="H7626"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" Benjamin|strong="H1144" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H3478" Babylonia|strong="H0894" were|strong="H3478" rebuilding|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1964" for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" Israeli people|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588" Zerubbabel|strong="H2216", Jeshua|strong="H3442", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" other|strong="H7605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} leaders|strong="H7218" replied|strong="H0559", “We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" you|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" help|strong="H5826" us|strong="H3588" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" temple|strong="H1004" for|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3068"(exc) God|strong="H3068". We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" build|strong="H1129" it|strong="H3588" ◄ourselves|strong="H1129"/without|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826"► for|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis worship|strong="H3478", like|strong="H1004" Cyrus|strong="H3566", the|strong="H3588" King|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539", told|strong="H6680" us|strong="H3588" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H3068".” 
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\verseNumber{4}Then|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1129" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H1129" that|strong="H5971" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w before|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1129"\+w* Israelis \+w returned|strong="H7725"\+w*} tried|strong="H6884" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1129" Jews|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" discouraged|strong="H7503" and|strong="H3063" become|strong="H1961" afraid|strong="H3372", and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H1961" cause|strong="H5971" them|strong="H3027" to|strong="H1961" stop|strong="H2308" building|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1129" temple|strong="H1004". 
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\BibleSectionHeading{Opposition|strong="H8569" to|strong="H5704" rebuilding|strong="H1129" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Opposition|strong="H8569" to|strong="H5704" rebuilding|strong="H1129" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{6}During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" first|strong="H8462" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Darius’ \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Xerxes was|strong="H3063" king|strong="H5921", the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w enemies|strong="H3389"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jews|strong="H3063"\+w*} wrote|strong="H3789" a|strong="H3389" note|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w king|strong="H5921"\+w*} saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3063" the|strong="H5921" Jews|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w were|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w planning|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w rebel|strong="H4775"\+w* \+w against|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w government|strong="H4951"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5922" high|strong="H1116" commissioner|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124", the|strong="H5922" provincial secretary|strong="H5613", wrote|strong="H3790" the|strong="H5922" letter|strong="H5612" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4430" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" concerning|strong="H5922" what|strong="H4100" was|strong="H4430" happening in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". 
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\verseNumber{13}“It|strong="H1934" is|strong="H1768" important|strong="H5704" for|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" know|strong="H3046" that|strong="H1768" if|strong="H2006" they|strong="H1768" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" city|strong="H7149" and|strong="H4430" finish|strong="H3635" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" walls|strong="H7792", they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" stop|strong="H2308" paying|strong="H1576" any|strong="H3605" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H4430" taxes|strong="H4061". As|strong="H1768" a|strong="H1934" result|strong="H6903", there|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" less|strong="H0637" money|strong="H3701" in|strong="H4430" your|strong="H1768" treasury|strong="H0214". 
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“To|strong="H5922" Rehum|strong="H7348", the|strong="H5922" high|strong="H1116" commissioner|strong="H8269", and|strong="H4430" Shimshai|strong="H8124", the|strong="H5922" provincial secretary|strong="H5613", and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" colleagues|strong="H3675" in|strong="H5922" Samaria|strong="H8115" and|strong="H4430" in|strong="H5922" other|strong="H0312" parts|strong="H3411" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" province|strong="H4082" that|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103": I|strong="H1768" ◄send|strong="H7972" you|strong="H1768" my|strong="H5922" greetings/wish|strong="H2896" that|strong="H1768" things|strong="H1697" will|strong="H1768" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5922" you|strong="H1768"►. 
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\verseNumber{24}The|strong="H1768" result|strong="H6903" was|strong="H1934" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" Jews|strong="H3064" stopped|strong="H5975" rebuilding|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005". They|strong="H1768" did|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3808" do|strong="H1934" any|strong="H3605" more|strong="H3254" work|strong="H5673" to|strong="H5705" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" until|strong="H5705" Darius|strong="H1868" became|strong="H1934" the|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Persia|strong="H6540". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Tattenai’s letter to King Darius }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Tattenai’s letter to King Darius }
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\chapterNumber{5}At|strong="H3427" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H6256" two|strong="H8147" prophets|strong="H5030" gave|strong="H5414" messages|strong="H2372" from|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H2148" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w cities|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5922"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3061". The|strong="H5922" prophets|strong="H5030" were|strong="H1768" Haggai|strong="H2292" and|strong="H2148" Zechariah|strong="H2148", who|strong="H1768" was|strong="H8036" a|strong="H1961" descendant|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1247" Iddo|strong="H5714". They|strong="H1768" spoke|strong="H1696" those|strong="H1768" messages|strong="H2372" representing God|strong="H0430", whom|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*}, the|strong="H5922" one|strong="H0259" who|strong="H1768" was|strong="H8036" their|strong="H3605" true|strong="H0571" king|strong="H4428". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H1768" Zerubbabel|strong="H2217" and|strong="H1005" Shealtiel|strong="H7598" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w led|strong="H1980"\+w* \+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*} as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" started|strong="H2490" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w again|strong="H7725"\+w*} to|strong="H5974" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H6966" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". And|strong="H1005" God’s|strong="H0430" prophets|strong="H5029" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Haggai|strong="H2292"\+w* \+w and|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\+w*} were|strong="H1768" with|strong="H5974" them|strong="H5974" and|strong="H1005" helped|strong="H5826" them|strong="H5974". 
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\verseNumber{3}Then|strong="H0227" Tattenai|strong="H8674" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103" and|strong="H1005" Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" his|strong="H5922" assistant|strong="H8334" and|strong="H1005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" went|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1005" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" people|strong="H5971", “Who|strong="H4479" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" you|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" temple|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" furnishings|strong="H3627" in|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922"?” 
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3660" also|strong="H3660" requested|strong="H7592" the|strong="H1768" people|strong="H1400" to|strong="H8036" tell|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5414" the|strong="H1768" names|strong="H8036" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" men|strong="H1400" who|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1400" working|strong="H4639" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w at|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1400"\+w* \+w refused|strong="H3985"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}However|strong="H0389", God|strong="H0430" was|strong="H1934" taking|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" Jewish|strong="H3062" leaders|strong="H7218", so|strong="H5705" their|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H0341" were|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H5922" prevent|strong="H6923" the|strong="H5922" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H4480" continuing|strong="H1641" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w rebuild|strong="H1129"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w They|strong="H3809"\+w* \+w continued|strong="H1934"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w while|strong="H5705"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w*} sent|strong="H7971" a|strong="H5705" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868", and|strong="H1934" asked|strong="H7592" him|strong="H5922" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H4100"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1934"\+w* \+w wanted|strong="H2654"\+w* \+w them|strong="H1994"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w do|strong="H5922"\+w*} about|strong="H5922" it|strong="H5922". 
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\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674" and|strong="H4430" Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269" sent|strong="H7972" a|strong="H7972" report|strong="H8088" to|strong="H5922" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868". 
\verseNumber{7}This|strong="H1836" is|strong="H3606" what|strong="H4100" they|strong="H3606" wrote|strong="H3790": 
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“King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868", we|strong="H3606" hope|strong="H3176" that|strong="H3606" things|strong="H3606" are|strong="H5922" going|strong="H1980" well|strong="H3190" for|strong="H5922" you|strong="H5922"! 
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\verseNumber{9}“We|strong="H7593" asked|strong="H7593" the|strong="H1124" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H7218", ‘Who|strong="H4479" has|strong="H3068" permitted|strong="H5117" you|strong="H0859" to|strong="H2942" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1836" temple|strong="H1005" and|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" furnishings|strong="H3627" in|strong="H0935" it|strong="H5414"?’ 
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\verseNumber{11}“But|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w instead|strong="H8478"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w telling|strong="H1696"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8421"\+w* \+w their|strong="H3605"\+w* leaders’ \+w names|strong="H8034"\+w*,} what|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3660" said|strong="H0559" was|strong="H1934", ‘We|strong="H1768" serve|strong="H5647" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w created|strong="H1254"\+w*} the|strong="H1768" heaven|strong="H8065" and|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" earth|strong="H0776". Many|strong="H7690" years|strong="H8140" ago|strong="H6928" a|strong="H1934" great|strong="H7229" king|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w ruled|strong="H1934"\+w*} us|strong="H8421" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w told|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w our|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w ancestors|strong="H0001"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1994"\+w*} build|strong="H1124" a|strong="H1934" temple|strong="H1005" here|strong="H6311", and|strong="H4430" now|strong="H4430" we|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" rebuilding|strong="H1124" it|strong="H1934". 
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\verseNumber{12}“'But God|strong="H0430", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w rules|strong="H4910"\+w*} in|strong="H5020" heaven|strong="H8065", allowed|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w*} Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020", King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H4481" Babylonia|strong="H0894", to|strong="H1994" destroy|strong="H7843" that|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005", because|strong="H4481" our|strong="H4481" ancestors|strong="H0001" did|strong="H1994" things|strong="H5642" that|strong="H1768" caused|strong="H5414" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H1994" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" angry|strong="H2734". Nebuchadnezzar’s army|strong="H2428" took|strong="H5020" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w*} the|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Israeli} people|strong="H5972" to|strong="H1994" Babylonia|strong="H0894". 
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\verseNumber{13}“'However, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3567" the|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" of|strong="H1005" Babylon|strong="H0894" started|strong="H2490" to|strong="H2942" rule|strong="H4910", he|strong="H1768" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124". 
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\verseNumber{15}“'The king|strong="H4428" instructed|strong="H6680" him|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" take|strong="H5376" the|strong="H5922" cups|strong="H1375" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", to|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H5182" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w which|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w had|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w* \+w been|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w taken|strong="H3947"\+w*}. He|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" should|strong="H3068" rebuild|strong="H1124" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H5182" where|strong="H1768" it|strong="H5922" had|strong="H1768" been|strong="H1961" before|strong="H5922". So|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3566" appointed|strong="H4150" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" to|strong="H5922" be|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6346" in|strong="H5922" Judah|strong="H3063". He|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" sent|strong="H7971" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H1994" things|strong="H1697" made|strong="H6213" of|strong="H1005" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1005" silver|strong="H3701", for|strong="H5922" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8339" to|strong="H5922" put|strong="H5182" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H1768" Sheshbazzar|strong="H8340" did|strong="H6213" that|strong="H1768". He|strong="H1768" came|strong="H1768" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H5705" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", and|strong="H1005" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w supervised|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w men|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w who|strong="H1768"\+w*} laid|strong="H3052" the|strong="H4481" foundation|strong="H3245" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005". And|strong="H1005" since|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="H4481" people|strong="H5971" have|strong="H1768" been|strong="H1961" working|strong="H4639" on|strong="H5705" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005", but|strong="H1768" it|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" not|strong="H3809" finished|strong="H8000" yet|strong="H5750".’ 
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\verseNumber{17}“Therefore|strong="H5922", your|strong="H1768" majesty|strong="H1926", please|strong="H4994" order|strong="H4616" someone|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5922" search|strong="H1240" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" place|strong="H4725" in|strong="H5922" Babylon|strong="H0894" where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" important|strong="H5704" records|strong="H1697" are|strong="H1768" kept|strong="H8104", to|strong="H5922" find|strong="H4672" out|strong="H3318" whether|strong="H2006" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w it|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w true|strong="H0571"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w*} King|strong="H4430" Cyrus|strong="H3567" decreed|strong="H2782" that|strong="H1768" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1005" should|strong="H4430" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124" in|strong="H5922" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". Then|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" can|strong="H1768" tell|strong="H5046" us|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" us|strong="H5922" to|strong="H5922" do|strong="H5922" about|strong="H5922" this|strong="H1836" matter|strong="H1836".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What King Darius commanded }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What King Darius commanded }
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\verseNumber{3}“During|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" first|strong="H2298" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" Cyrus|strong="H3567" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w empire|strong="H4438"\+w*}, he|strong="H1768" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H3318" a|strong="H7761" decree|strong="H2942" concerning|strong="H2942" the|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430" which|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" at|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". In|strong="H4430" the|strong="H1768" decree|strong="H2942" it|strong="H5414" was|strong="H4430" stated that|strong="H1768" a|strong="H7761" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" built|strong="H1124" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H1768" same|strong="H2298" place|strong="H4725" that|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} had|strong="H4430" offered|strong="H1684" sacrifices|strong="H1685", where|strong="H1768" the|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{original} foundation|strong="H3245" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w the|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w first|strong="H2298"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1005"\+w*} was|strong="H4430". The|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" 90 feet|strong="H7272" high|strong="H1116" and|strong="H4430" 90 feet|strong="H7272" wide|strong="H6613". 
\verseNumber{4}The|strong="H4481" building|strong="H1129" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" made|strong="H6213" from|strong="H4481" large|strong="H1419" stones|strong="H0068". After|strong="H4481" putting|strong="H5414" down|strong="H3381" three|strong="H8532" layers|strong="H5073" of|strong="H4481" stones|strong="H0068", a|strong="H4481" layer|strong="H5073" of|strong="H4481" timber|strong="H6086" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5414" on|strong="H5921" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4481" them|strong="H3052". This|strong="H4481" work|strong="H4399" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1005" paid|strong="H3052" for|strong="H1768" by|strong="H4481" money|strong="H3701" from|strong="H4481" my|strong="H4481" treasury|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{5}Also|strong="H4481", the|strong="H4481" gold|strong="H1722" and|strong="H1722" silver|strong="H3702" utensils|strong="H3984" that|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5020" took|strong="H5312" from|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God|strong="H0430" in|strong="H5020" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" and|strong="H1722" brought|strong="H2987" to|strong="H3390" Babylon|strong="H0894" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" taken|strong="H5312" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3390" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". They|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" put|strong="H5182" in|strong="H5020" God’s|strong="H0430" temple|strong="H1005" just|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" were|strong="H1768" in|strong="H5020" the|strong="H4481" previous|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1005".” 
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\verseNumber{6}After|strong="H4481" reading|strong="H7121" this|strong="H4481", King|strong="H4428" Darius|strong="H1868" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H4481" message|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w leaders|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* Israeli \+w people’s|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w enemies|strong="H0341"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8536"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}: 
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“This|strong="H4481" is|strong="H1768" a|strong="H1934" message|strong="H1697" for|strong="H1768" Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H4481" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103", and|strong="H1934" for|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w assistant|strong="H8334"\+w*} Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370", and|strong="H1934" for|strong="H1768" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H1768" colleagues|strong="H3675": Stay|strong="H3427" away|strong="H7352" from|strong="H4481" that|strong="H1768" area|strong="H1508"! 
\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" ◄interfere with|strong="H5922"/hinder|strong="H4513"► the|strong="H5922" work|strong="H5673" of|strong="H1005" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H1005" God|strong="H0430"! The|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1005" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" rebuilt|strong="H1124" at|strong="H3427" the|strong="H5922" same|strong="H1791" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H0834" the|strong="H5922" former|strong="H7223" temple|strong="H1005" was|strong="H1005". And|strong="H1005" do|strong="H5922" not|strong="H3808" hinder|strong="H4513" the|strong="H5922" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" elders|strong="H7868" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5922" Jews|strong="H3062" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w while|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w they|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w this|strong="H1791"\+w* \+w work|strong="H5673"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{8}“Furthermore|strong="H1571", I|strong="H4481" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" help|strong="H5826" these|strong="H4481" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" Jews|strong="H3062" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" rebuild|strong="H1124" this|strong="H1791" temple|strong="H1005" of|strong="H4481" God|strong="H0430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w by|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w giving|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H3052"\+w* funds \+w for|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w building|strong="H1124"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}“The|strong="H1768" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3549" in|strong="H1768" Jerusalem|strong="H3390" need|strong="H2818" young|strong="H1123" bulls|strong="H8450" and|strong="H8065" rams|strong="H1798" and|strong="H8065" lambs|strong="H3532" to|strong="H3390" sacrifice|strong="H2077" as|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" make|strong="H3809" burned|strong="H8313" offerings|strong="H5928" to|strong="H3390" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1123" heaven|strong="H8065". You|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" give|strong="H3052" them|strong="H3052" the|strong="H1768" animals|strong="H0929" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" need|strong="H2818". Also|strong="H1571", you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1934" certain|strong="H0259" to|strong="H3390" give|strong="H3052" them|strong="H3052" the|strong="H1768" wheat|strong="H2591", salt|strong="H4416", wine|strong="H2562", and|strong="H8065" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w olive|strong="H2132"\+w*} oil|strong="H4887" that|strong="H1768" they|strong="H1768" need|strong="H2818" each|strong="H0376" day|strong="H3118" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w those|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}If|strong="H0518" you|strong="H1768" do|strong="H8065" that|strong="H1768", the|strong="H1768" Jewish|strong="H3064" priests|strong="H3548" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" able|strong="H3201" to|strong="H4430" offer|strong="H7127" sacrifices|strong="H5208" that|strong="H1768" please|strong="H4994" the|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" who|strong="H1768" is|strong="H1768" in|strong="H4430" heaven|strong="H8065", and|strong="H4430" they|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" pray|strong="H6739" that|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H1768" bless|strong="H1288" me|strong="H0413" and|strong="H4430" my|strong="H4430" sons|strong="H1123". 
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\verseNumber{11}“If|strong="H0518" anyone|strong="H3606" disobeys this|strong="H1836" decree|strong="H2942", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w my|strong="H5922"\+w* \+w soldiers|strong="H5650"\+w*} will|strong="H1768" pull|strong="H2040" a|strong="H7761" beam|strong="H4500" from|strong="H4481" his|strong="H5922" house|strong="H1005". Then|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w after|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w sharpen|strong="H3913"\+w* \+w one|strong="H1836"\+w* \+w end|strong="H7093"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w beam|strong="H4500"\+w*,} they|strong="H3606" will|strong="H1768" lift|strong="H5375" that|strong="H1768" man|strong="H0376" up|strong="H2211" and|strong="H1005" impale him|strong="H5922" on|strong="H5922" that|strong="H1768" beam|strong="H4500". Then|strong="H1768" they|strong="H3606" will|strong="H1768" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w completely|strong="H3617"\+w* \+w destroy|strong="H7843"\+w* \+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w man’s|strong="H0376"\+w* \+w house|strong="H1005"\+w* \+w until|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w only|strong="H0389"\+w*} a|strong="H7761" pile|strong="H1530" of|strong="H4481" rubble|strong="H2721" is|strong="H1768" left|strong="H7604". 
\verseNumber{12}God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" chosen|strong="H0977" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w city|strong="H5892"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1005"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3390" as|strong="H3606" the|strong="H3606" place|strong="H4725" where|strong="H1768" people|strong="H5972" will|strong="H1768" honor|strong="H3519" him|strong="H5414" [MTY]. What|strong="H1768" I|strong="H1768" desire|strong="H8378" is|strong="H1768" that|strong="H1768" he|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" get|strong="H3947" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H1005" any|strong="H3606" king|strong="H4430" or|strong="H4430" any|strong="H3606" nation|strong="H1471" that|strong="H1768" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2942" change|strong="H8133" this|strong="H1791" decree|strong="H2942" or|strong="H4430" tries|strong="H0974" to|strong="H2942" destroy|strong="H2255" that|strong="H1768" temple|strong="H1005" in|strong="H8133" Jerusalem|strong="H3390". I|strong="H1768", Darius|strong="H1868", have|strong="H7761" made|strong="H5648" this|strong="H1791" decree|strong="H2942". It|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1005" obeyed|strong="H8085" quickly|strong="H4116" and|strong="H4430" thoroughly|strong="H3190".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3606" completed|strong="H4390" and|strong="H4430" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They|strong="H3606" completed|strong="H4390" and|strong="H4430" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005" }
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\verseNumber{13}Tattenai|strong="H8674", the|strong="H5675" governor|strong="H6347" of|strong="H4430" the|strong="H5675" province|strong="H4082", and|strong="H4430" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w his|strong="H7972"\+w* \+w assistant|strong="H8334"\+w*} Shethar-Bozenai|strong="H8370" and|strong="H4430" their|strong="H3605" colleagues|strong="H3675" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5675"\+w* \+w message|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w and|strong="H4430"\+w*} immediately|strong="H6965" obeyed|strong="H8085" the|strong="H5675" decree|strong="H2942" of|strong="H4430" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" Jewish|strong="H3062" leaders|strong="H7218" continued|strong="H5674" their|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4399" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w rebuilding|strong="H1124"\+w* \+w the|strong="H4481"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. They|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" greatly|strong="H3966" encouraged|strong="H2388" by|strong="H4481" the|strong="H4481" messages|strong="H2372" that|strong="H2942" the|strong="H4481" prophets|strong="H5029" Haggai|strong="H2292" and|strong="H4430" Zechariah|strong="H2148" preached|strong="H1696". The|strong="H4481" Israelis continued|strong="H5674" building|strong="H1124" the|strong="H4481" temple|strong="H1004", just|strong="H3512" like|strong="H3644" God|strong="H0430" had|strong="H4430" commanded|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H2942" do|strong="H6213" and|strong="H4430" like|strong="H3644" King|strong="H4430" Cyrus|strong="H3567" had|strong="H4430" decreed|strong="H2782". 
\verseNumber{15}They|strong="H1768" finished|strong="H3319" building|strong="H1129" it|strong="H1932" on|strong="H5705" March|strong="H1980" 12, during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H1768" sixth|strong="H8353" year|strong="H8140" that|strong="H1768" King|strong="H4430" Darius|strong="H1868" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w ruled|strong="H4427"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{16}Then|strong="H0227" the|strong="H5648" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H1005" the|strong="H5648" Levites|strong="H3879" and|strong="H1005" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H5648" other|strong="H0312" Israeli people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1123" Babylon|strong="H0894" very|strong="H3966" joyfully|strong="H7321" dedicated|strong="H6942" the|strong="H5648" temple|strong="H1005". 
\verseNumber{17}During|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w ceremony|strong="H5656"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*} dedicate|strong="H6942" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005", they|strong="H3606" sacrificed|strong="H2076" 100 young|strong="H5288" bulls|strong="H8450", 200 rams|strong="H1798", and|strong="H1005" 400 lambs|strong="H3532". They|strong="H3606" also|strong="H1571" sacrificed|strong="H2076" twelve|strong="H8648" male|strong="H6841" goats|strong="H5796" as|strong="H3606" an|strong="H3606" offering|strong="H7127" in|strong="H5922" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w would|strong="H0014"\+w* \+w forgive|strong="H5545"\+w*} the|strong="H3606" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" twelve|strong="H8648" tribes|strong="H7625" of|strong="H1005" Israel|strong="H3479". 
\verseNumber{18}Then|strong="H1768" the|strong="H5922" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H3792" Levites|strong="H3879" were|strong="H1768" divided|strong="H0914" into|strong="H0413" groups|strong="H7218" that|strong="H1768" would|strong="H0014" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w take|strong="H3947"\+w* \+w turns|strong="H7725"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5922"\+w*} serve|strong="H5647" at|strong="H6966" the|strong="H5922" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H1768" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H5922" according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H5922" what|strong="H1768" Moses|strong="H4873" had|strong="H1768" written|strong="H3792" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w many|strong="H7227"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w* \+w previously|strong="H8543"\+w*} in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H5922" laws|strong="H8451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w he|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w wrote|strong="H3789"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H1768" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5922" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They|strong="H1768" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5922" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282" }
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\verseNumber{19}On|strong="H6213" April 21, the|strong="H6213" Jews|strong="H3064" who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" Passover|strong="H6453" Festival|strong="H2282". 
\verseNumber{20}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w To|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w qualify|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w themselves|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w offering|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\+w*}, the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H1121" Levites|strong="H3881" had|strong="H3588" already|strong="H3528" purified|strong="H2891" themselves|strong="H1992" by|strong="H3605" performing|strong="H6213" certain|strong="H0259" rituals. Then|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" slaughtered|strong="H7819" the|strong="H3605" lambs|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" benefit|strong="H1576" of|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3588" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894", for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", and|strong="H1121" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H1992". 
\verseNumber{21}Those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" Babylon|strong="H0894" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1471" in|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3605" immoral practices|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H7725" worship|strong="H3478" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H1471", ate|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3605" Passover|strong="H6453" meal|strong="H7058". 
\verseNumber{22}They|strong="H3588" celebrated|strong="H6213" the|strong="H5921" Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" Festival|strong="H2282" of|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Eating|strong="H0398"\+w*} Unleavened|strong="H4682" Bread|strong="H4682" for|strong="H3588" seven|strong="H7651" days|strong="H3117". The|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3820" throughout|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" land|strong="H0776" were|strong="H3478" joyful|strong="H8055" because|strong="H3588" Yahweh|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" changed|strong="H5437" the|strong="H5921" attitude|strong="H3820" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Assyria|strong="H0804" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3478" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H6213" result|strong="H6903", the|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H2388" them|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3478" rebuild|strong="H1129" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5921" one|strong="H6213" whom|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra went to Jerusalem }

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\chapterNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Many|strong="H7227"\+w*/\+w Fifty|strong="H2572"\+w* \+w years|strong="H8141"\+w*} later|strong="H0310", while|strong="H5704" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H1697" the|strong="H1697" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Persia|strong="H6539", I|strong="H1697", Ezra|strong="H5830" came|strong="H1697" from|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894" here|strong="H6311" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". I|strong="H1697" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1697" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Seraiah|strong="H8304" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" grandson|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Azariah|strong="H5838", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1697" great-grandson of|strong="H1121" Hilkiah|strong="H2518". 
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\verseNumber{13}“Ezra|strong="H5830", I|strong="H4481" command|strong="H2942" that|strong="H1768" when|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H2942" Jerusalem|strong="H3390", any|strong="H3606" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" Israeli people|strong="H5972" in|strong="H4437" my|strong="H4481" kingdom|strong="H4437" who|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H2942" are|strong="H1768" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="H2942" go|strong="H1946" with|strong="H5974" you|strong="H1768". That|strong="H1768" includes any|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549" and|strong="H4437" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4481" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w will|strong="H1768"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="H4437"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3606"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*} who|strong="H1768" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H2942" go|strong="H1946". 
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\verseNumber{24}We|strong="H1768" are|strong="H1768" also|strong="H1571" commanding|strong="H6680" that|strong="H1768" none|strong="H3809" of|strong="H1005" the|strong="H3606" priests|strong="H3549", descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1005" Levi|strong="H3878", musicians|strong="H7891", temple|strong="H1005" guards|strong="H7323", or|strong="H3809" other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" work|strong="H4399" in|strong="H5922" the|strong="H3606" temple|strong="H1005", will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H3809" required|strong="H7592" to|strong="H5922" pay|strong="H7999" any|strong="H3606" kind|strong="H4327" of|strong="H1005" taxes|strong="H4061".' 
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\verseNumber{25}“Ezra|strong="H5831", your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H1768" enabled|strong="H5414" you|strong="H1768" to|strong="H3046" become|strong="H1961" very|strong="H3966" wise|strong="H2450". Using|strong="H5927" that|strong="H1768" wisdom|strong="H2452", appoint|strong="H4483" men|strong="H0376" in|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H3220" of|strong="H1768" the|strong="H3606" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H6578"\+w*} River|strong="H5103" who|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" judge|strong="H1934" cases|strong="H1697" involving|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" people|strong="H5972", and|strong="H2452" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" will|strong="H1768" judge|strong="H1934" cases|strong="H1697" involving|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3606" government|strong="H4951". You|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" appoint|strong="H4483" men|strong="H0376" who|strong="H1768" know|strong="H3046" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H1768" your|strong="H1768" God|strong="H0430". All|strong="H3606" of|strong="H1768" you|strong="H1768" must|strong="H4191" teach|strong="H3046" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H1882" to|strong="H3046" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H1768" do|strong="H1934" not|strong="H3809" know|strong="H3046" them|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{26}Everyone|strong="H3606" who|strong="H1768" does|strong="H5648" not|strong="H3809" obey|strong="H8085" God’s|strong="H0430" laws|strong="H1882" or|strong="H2006" the|strong="H3606" laws|strong="H1882" of|strong="H4481" my|strong="H4430" government|strong="H4951" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H1934" punished|strong="H6485" severely|strong="H5953". Some|strong="H4481" of|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" executed|strong="H5648", some|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" put|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5648" prison|strong="H1004", some|strong="H4481" will|strong="H1768" be|strong="H1934" sent|strong="H7971" out|strong="H5648" of|strong="H4481" the|strong="H3606" country|strong="H2022" or|strong="H2006" have|strong="H1934" all|strong="H3606" their|strong="H3606" property|strong="H0272" taken|strong="H3947" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4481" them|strong="H5414".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra|strong="H5830" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ezra|strong="H5830" praised|strong="H1984" Yahweh|strong="H3068" }
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\verseNumber{27}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Because|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w King|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w very|strong="H3966"\+w* \+w kind|strong="H4327"\+w* \+w like|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3068"\+w*, \+w I|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w said|strong="H0559"\+w*}, “Praise|strong="H1288" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}! He|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3068" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H3068" honor|strong="H6286" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Yahweh|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 
\verseNumber{28}Because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440", the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" advisors and|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" powerful|strong="H1368" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H3068" also|strong="H3068" been|strong="H5927" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H6440". So|strong="H5927", because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" helped|strong="H2388" me|strong="H6440", I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" become|strong="H3027" encouraged|strong="H2388", and|strong="H3478" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w been|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3027"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} persuade|strong="H6601" some|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" Israeli leaders|strong="H7218" to|strong="H3478" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H6440".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The clans that returned with Ezra to Jerusalem }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The clans that returned with Ezra to Jerusalem }
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\chapterNumber{8}This|strong="H5927" is|strong="H4428" a|strong="H5927" list|strong="H3187" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" clans|strong="H4940" who|strong="H4428" came|strong="H5927" with|strong="H5973" me|strong="H5973" up|strong="H5927" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H5927"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*} from|strong="H5927" Babylonia|strong="H0894" when|strong="H5927" Artaxerxes|strong="H0783" was|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5927" king|strong="H4428" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Persia|strong="H6539"\+w*}: 
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\verseNumber{2}Gershom|strong="H1647", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w grandson|strong="H1121"\+w*} Phinehas|strong="H6372" 
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Daniel|strong="H1840", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Aaron’s|strong="H0175"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Ithamar|strong="H0385" 
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Hattush|strong="H2407", the|strong="H1732" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1732" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" 
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\verseNumber{3}Zechariah|strong="H2148" and|strong="H3967" 150 \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551" 
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\verseNumber{4}Eliehoenai|strong="H0454" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Zerahiah|strong="H2228" and|strong="H3967" 200 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355" 
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\verseNumber{5}Shecaniah|strong="H7935" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jahaziel|strong="H3166" and|strong="H3967" 300 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240" 
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\verseNumber{6}Ebed|strong="H5651" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jonathan|strong="H3129" and|strong="H1121" 50 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Adin|strong="H5720" 
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\verseNumber{7}Jeshaiah|strong="H3470" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Athaliah|strong="H6271" and|strong="H1121" 70 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867" 
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\verseNumber{8}Zebadiah|strong="H2069" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Michael|strong="H4317" and|strong="H1121" 80 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Shephatiah|strong="H8203" 
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\verseNumber{9}Obadiah|strong="H5662" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" and|strong="H3967" 218 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Joab|strong="H3097" 
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\verseNumber{10}Shelomith|strong="H8019" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiphiah|strong="H3131" and|strong="H3967" 160 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" 
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\verseNumber{11}Zechariah|strong="H2148" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893" and|strong="H1121" 28 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w another|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w man|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w whose|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w name|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w was|strong="H1121"\+w*} Bebai|strong="H0893" 
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\verseNumber{12}Johanan|strong="H3110" the|strong="H5973" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hakkatan|strong="H6997" and|strong="H3967" 110 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Azgad|strong="H5803" 
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\verseNumber{13}Also|strong="H8034" Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeuel|strong="H3273", and|strong="H1121" Shemaiah|strong="H8098", who|strong="H1121" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w here|strong="H6311"\+w*} later|strong="H0310" with|strong="H5973" 60 men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Adonikam|strong="H0140" 
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\verseNumber{14}And|strong="H1121" Uthai|strong="H5793" and|strong="H1121" Zaccur|strong="H2139" and|strong="H1121" 70 other|strong="H0312" men|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" clan|strong="H4940" descended|strong="H1121" from|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra|strong="H5830" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Ezra|strong="H5830" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5973" others|strong="H0312" prepared|strong="H3559" to|strong="H1121" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" gathered|strong="H6908" all|strong="H6908" of|strong="H1121" them|strong="H4672" together|strong="H6908" at|strong="H2583" the|strong="H3117" canal|strong="H5104" that|strong="H5971" goes|strong="H1980" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylon|strong="H0894"\+w*} to|strong="H3117" Ahava|strong="H0163" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}. We|strong="H3117" set|strong="H7760" up|strong="H6908" our|strong="H5971" tents|strong="H2583" there|strong="H8033" and|strong="H1121" stayed|strong="H3427" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w During|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w time|strong="H3117"\+w*} I|strong="H3117" checked|strong="H6113" the|strong="H3117" lists of|strong="H1121" names|strong="H8034" and|strong="H1121" found|strong="H4672" out|strong="H4672" that|strong="H5971" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H5971" priests|strong="H3548" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w going|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w with|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3117"\+w*}, but|strong="H3808" no|strong="H3808" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w could|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w them|strong="H4672"\+w* \+w in|strong="H2583"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{16}So|strong="H7971" I|strong="H7971" summoned|strong="H7121" Eliezer|strong="H0461", Ariel|strong="H0740", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", two|strong="H8147" men|strong="H7218" whose|strong="H0834" names|strong="H8034" were|strong="H7218" Elnathan|strong="H0494", and|strong="H7971" Jarib|strong="H3402", Nathan|strong="H5416", Zechariah|strong="H2148", and|strong="H7971" Meshullam|strong="H4918", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H7218" all|strong="H7971" leaders|strong="H7218" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H7218"\+w* \+w the|strong="H7971"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}. I|strong="H7971" also|strong="H1571" summoned|strong="H7121" Joiarib|strong="H3114" and|strong="H7971" another|strong="H0312" Elnathan|strong="H0494", who|strong="H0834" were|strong="H7218" wise|strong="H7971". 
\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H5921" sent|strong="H3318" them|strong="H5921" all|strong="H1697" to|strong="H1696" Iddo|strong="H5714", the|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3878", who|strong="H0834" was|strong="H1697" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H5921" Casiphia|strong="H3703" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w town|strong="H7151"\+w*}, to|strong="H1696" request|strong="H1697" that|strong="H1697" he|strong="H1004" and|strong="H1004" his|strong="H7760" relatives|strong="H0251" and|strong="H1004" other|strong="H6310" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" had|strong="H7760" worked|strong="H2388" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" send|strong="H3318" to|strong="H1696" us|strong="H5921" some|strong="H1697" men|strong="H7218" who|strong="H0834" would|strong="H1697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w go|strong="H3318"\+w*/\+w come|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w with|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w to|strong="H1696"\+w*} work|strong="H1697" in|strong="H5921" God’s|strong="H0430" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1004" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{18}Because|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3478" kind|strong="H2896" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921", they|strong="H5921" brought|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3478" man|strong="H1121" named|strong="H5921" Sherebiah|strong="H8274" and|strong="H1121" 18 of|strong="H1121" his|strong="H5921" sons|strong="H1121" and|strong="H1121" other|strong="H0312" relatives|strong="H1121". Sherebiah|strong="H8274" was|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" very|strong="H2896" wise|strong="H7922" man|strong="H1121", a|strong="H3478" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Mahli|strong="H4249", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w was|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w a|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w grandson|strong="H1121"\+w*} of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3878". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H1992" also|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" to|strong="H1121" us|strong="H5414" Hashabiah|strong="H2811", along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H6242" Jeshaiah|strong="H3470", descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Levi’s|strong="H3878"\+w* \+w son|strong="H1121"\+w*} Merari|strong="H4847", and|strong="H1121" 20 of|strong="H1121" their|strong="H4847" relatives|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{20}They|strong="H3605" also|strong="H1732" sent|strong="H5414" 220 other|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" to|strong="H5414" work|strong="H5656" in|strong="H8034" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H5411". Those|strong="H3605" men’s|strong="H0120" ancestors|strong="H0001" had|strong="H1732" been|strong="H3605" appointed|strong="H5414" by|strong="H5344" King|strong="H4428" David|strong="H1732" to|strong="H5414" assist|strong="H6677" the|strong="H3605" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w helped|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w in|strong="H8034"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H5411"\+w*}. I|strong="H5414" listed|strong="H8034"/wrote|strong="H3789" the|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H8269" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{21}There|strong="H8033" alongside|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" Ahava|strong="H0163" Canal|strong="H5104", I|strong="H5921" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" all|strong="H3605" would|strong="H3477" ◄fast|strong="H6685"/abstain|strong="H5144" from|strong="H4480" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H6440" pray|strong="H7121". I|strong="H5921" also|strong="H2945" told|strong="H5046" them|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H8033" should|strong="H3068" humble|strong="H6031" ourselves|strong="H6031" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". We|strong="H8033" prayed|strong="H7121" that|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" would|strong="H3477" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921" while|strong="H5921" we|strong="H8033" traveled|strong="H5265", and|strong="H6440" also|strong="H2945" protect|strong="H8104" our|strong="H3605" children|strong="H2945" and|strong="H6440" our|strong="H3605" possessions|strong="H7399"/belongings|strong="H5973". 
\verseNumber{22}Previously|strong="H4480" we|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" that|strong="H3588" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3027" takes|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H4428" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" truly|strong="H3588" trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921", but|strong="H3588" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" becomes|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2428" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5921" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" refuse|strong="H3588" to|strong="H5921" obey|strong="H8085" him|strong="H5921". So|strong="H4480" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H3605" ashamed|strong="H0954" if|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" had|strong="H4428" asked|strong="H7592" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" to|strong="H5921" send|strong="H7971" soldiers|strong="H2428" and|strong="H4428" men|strong="H2428" riding|strong="H7392" on|strong="H5921" horses|strong="H6571" to|strong="H5921" protect|strong="H5826" us|strong="H5921" from|strong="H4480" our|strong="H3605" enemies|strong="H3027" while|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3027" traveling|strong="H1980" along|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" road|strong="H1870". 
\verseNumber{23}So|strong="H2063" we|strong="H0587" ◄fasted|strong="H6684"/abstained from|strong="H5921" eating|strong="H0398" food|strong="H3899"► and|strong="H6684" requested|strong="H1245" God|strong="H0430" to|strong="H5921" protect|strong="H8104" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H6684" he|strong="H5921" ◄answered|strong="H6279" our|strong="H5921" prayers|strong="H6279"/did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H2063" we|strong="H0587" requested|strong="H1245".► 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4979" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H5921" gifts|strong="H4979" for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004" }
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\verseNumber{24}I|strong="H8147" chose|strong="H0977" twelve|strong="H8147" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H5973" priests|strong="H3548", Sherebiah|strong="H8274" and|strong="H3548" Hashabiah|strong="H2811" and|strong="H3548" ten|strong="H6235" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H8147" relatives|strong="H0251". 
\verseNumber{25}I|strong="H4672" appointed|strong="H4150" them|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" supervise|strong="H5329" carrying|strong="H5375" to|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3605" gifts|strong="H8641" of|strong="H4428" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3478" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H3478" his|strong="H3605" advisors and|strong="H3478" other|strong="H3605" officials|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w living|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, had|strong="H3478" contributed|strong="H7311" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{26}As|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" various|strong="H2921" items|strong="H3627" to|strong="H5921" those|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3548", I|strong="H5921" weighed|strong="H8254" each|strong="H0376" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" items|strong="H3627". This|strong="H3027" was|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" total|strong="H3605": 25 tons of|strong="H3027" silver|strong="H3701", 100 items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" from|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" that|strong="H3627" altogether|strong="H3162" weighed|strong="H8254" 7,500 pounds|strong="H1993", ◄7,500 pounds|strong="H1993"/3,400 kg.► of|strong="H3027" gold|strong="H2091", 
\verseNumber{27}20 gold|strong="H2091" bowls|strong="H3713" that|strong="H3627" altogether|strong="H3162" weighed|strong="H8254" ◄19 pounds|strong="H1993"/8.6 kg.►, and|strong="H6242" two|strong="H8147" items|strong="H3627" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" polished|strong="H4803" bronze|strong="H5178" that|strong="H3627" were|strong="H8147" as|strong="H2532" valuable|strong="H2532" as|strong="H2532" ones|strong="H2896" made|strong="H3627" of|strong="H3627" gold|strong="H2091". 
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\verseNumber{28}I|strong="H3068" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" those|strong="H1992" priests|strong="H3548", “You|strong="H0859" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H0834" our|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" ◄worshiped|strong="H7812"/also|strong="H3068" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068"►, and|strong="H3068" these|strong="H0428" valuable|strong="H3368" things|strong="H6944" also|strong="H3068" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" him|strong="H3068". The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H5971" themselves|strong="H0905" gave|strong="H5414" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H6944" to|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" offerings|strong="H5071" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068" ◄voluntarily|strong="H5071"/because|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" wanted|strong="H2654" to|strong="H3068"►. 
\verseNumber{29}So|strong="H5704" guard|strong="H8104" them|strong="H6440" carefully|strong="H8104", and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w when|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w arrive|strong="H0935"\+w*} in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", weigh|strong="H8254" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H6440" descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w will|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w help|strong="H5826"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w priests|strong="H3548"\+w*}, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" other|strong="H0312" Israeli leaders|strong="H8269" there|strong="H5704". They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" then|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6440" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" storerooms in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H6440" new|strong="H2319" temple|strong="H1004".” 
\verseNumber{30}So|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3548" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3701" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1004" Levi|strong="H3881" took|strong="H6901" from|strong="H3881" me|strong="H1004" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3548" gifts|strong="H4979" of|strong="H1004" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H3701" the|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" valuable|strong="H3368" items|strong="H3627", in|strong="H1004" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="H3389" carry|strong="H5375" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H3548" temple|strong="H1004" in|strong="H1004" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". 

\BibleSectionHeading{They|strong="H3389" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{They|strong="H3389" returned|strong="H7725" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" }
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\verseNumber{31}On|strong="H5921" April 19, we|strong="H0587" left|strong="H5265" the|strong="H5921" Ahava|strong="H0163" Canal|strong="H5104" and|strong="H3027" started|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3212" travel|strong="H1980" to|strong="H3212" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". Our|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3027" took|strong="H1961" care|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" us|strong="H5921", and|strong="H3027" while|strong="H1961" we|strong="H0587" traveled|strong="H5265", he|strong="H8147" prevented|strong="H6923" our|strong="H5921" enemies|strong="H3027" and|strong="H3027" bandits|strong="H1416" from|strong="H5265" ◄ambushing us|strong="H5921"/suddenly|strong="H6597" attacking|strong="H5221" us|strong="H5921"►. 
\verseNumber{32}After|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" arrived|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", we|strong="H3117" rested|strong="H5117" for|strong="H3427" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117". 
\verseNumber{33}Then|strong="H3117" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" fourth|strong="H7243"/next|strong="H5921" day|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" went|strong="H3881" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" temple|strong="H1004". There|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1121" gold|strong="H2091" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" other|strong="H0312" items|strong="H3627" were|strong="H1121" weighed|strong="H8254" and|strong="H1121" given|strong="H3027" to|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" priest|strong="H3548" Meremoth|strong="H4822", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Uriah|strong="H0223". Eleazar|strong="H0499" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Phinehas|strong="H6372" and|strong="H1121" two|strong="H1004" descendants|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", Jozabad|strong="H3107" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" Noadiah|strong="H5129" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131", were|strong="H1121" with|strong="H5973" him|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{34}They|strong="H6256" counted|strong="H4557" everything|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6256" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3789" how|strong="H4100" much|strong="H3605" they|strong="H6256" weighed|strong="H4948", and|strong="H6256" wrote|strong="H3789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w a|strong="H3789"\+w* description \+w of|strong="H4557"\+w*} each|strong="H3605" item. 
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\verseNumber{35}We|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3068" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H0894" offered|strong="H7126" to|strong="H3478" God|strong="H3068" sacrifices|strong="H5930" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". We|strong="H3605" offered|strong="H7126" twelve|strong="H8147" bulls|strong="H6499" for|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H1121". We|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3068" offered|strong="H7126" 96 rams|strong="H0352" and|strong="H1121" 27 lambs|strong="H3532". We|strong="H3605" also|strong="H3068" sacrificed|strong="H2076" twelve|strong="H8147" goats|strong="H6842" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H3478". These|strong="H8147" were|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" completely|strong="H3605" burned|strong="H8313" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" altar|strong="H4196". 
\verseNumber{36}Some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" us|strong="H5414" who|strong="H5971" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} took|strong="H5375" to|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" governors|strong="H6346" and|strong="H4428" other|strong="H5676" officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" province|strong="H4082" west|strong="H5676" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Euphrates|strong="H5104"\+w*} River|strong="H5104" the|strong="H5414" letter|strong="H5612" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5414" king|strong="H4428" had|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w After|strong="H1004"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w read|strong="H7121"\+w* \+w the|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w letter|strong="H5612"\+w*,} they|strong="H5971" did|strong="H5971" all|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w were|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w able|strong="H3201"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*} for|strong="H1004" us|strong="H5414" Israeli people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H4428" for|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" God|strong="H5414". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Ezra prayed about the Israeli people marrying foreign wives }

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\chapterNumber{9}Some|strong="H5971" time|strong="H3478" later|strong="H0310", the|strong="H3548" Jewish|strong="H3064" leaders|strong="H8269" came|strong="H5066" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5066" and|strong="H3478" said|strong="H0559", “Many|strong="H3808" Israelis, and|strong="H3478" even|strong="H3808" some|strong="H5971" priests|strong="H3548" and|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w men|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w are|strong="H5971"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H8269" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w work|strong="H4399"\+w* \+w in|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3548"\+w* \+w temple|strong="H1004"\+w*}, have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" kept|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905" from|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w doing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w what|strong="H4100"\+w*} the|strong="H3548" other|strong="H0312" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" living|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3478" land|strong="H0776" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. They|strong="H3808" are|strong="H5971" practicing|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3548" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H8441" that|strong="H5971" the|strong="H3548" Canaan|strong="H3669", Heth|strong="H2845", Periz, Jebus|strong="H2982", Ammon|strong="H4125", and|strong="H3478" Amor people-groups, and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3548" people|strong="H5971" from|strong="H3478" Moab|strong="H4125" and|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4713" do|strong="H6213". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Specifically|strong="H0559"\+w*, \+w some|strong="H1992"\+w*} Israeli men|strong="H1121" have|strong="H1961" married|strong="H5375" women|strong="H1323" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H2088" Israelis, and|strong="H1121" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" the|strong="H3588" same|strong="H2088" thing|strong="H6944". So|strong="H1961" we|strong="H3588", God’s|strong="H0430" sacred|strong="H6944" people|strong="H5971", have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" ◄contaminated/polluted|strong="H2490" in|strong="H1121" God’s|strong="H0430" sight|strong="H5869"►. And|strong="H1121" some|strong="H1992" of|strong="H1121" our|strong="H1961" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H1121" officials|strong="H8269" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3588" first|strong="H7223"/worst|strong="H7451" ones|strong="H1121" to|strong="H1961" do|strong="H2088" this|strong="H2088".” 
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\verseNumber{3}When|strong="H8085" I|strong="H1697" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H8085", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w became|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w very|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w angry|strong="H2734"\+w*, \+w with|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w the|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w result|strong="H6903"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w*} I|strong="H1697" tore|strong="H7167" my|strong="H8085" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H7218" tore|strong="H7167" some|strong="H1697" hair|strong="H8181" from|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" head|strong="H7218" and|strong="H7218" from|strong="H8085" my|strong="H8085" beard|strong="H2206". Then|strong="H2088" I|strong="H1697" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427", very|strong="H2088" shocked|strong="H8074"/dismayed|strong="H2865". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w The|strong="H8085"\+w* Israelis \+w knew|strong="H3045"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w God|strong="H0430"\+w* \+w had|strong="H8181"\+w* \+w warned|strong="H2094"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w that|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w he|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w would|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punish|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w us|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w if|strong="H0518"\+w* \+w we|strong="H8085"\+w* \+w disobeyed|strong="H6963"\+w*} what|strong="H1697" he|strong="H2088" had|strong="H8181" said|strong="H1697" to|strong="H8085" us|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w about|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w marrying|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w* \+w who|strong="H3427"\+w* \+w are|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w not|strong="H2088"\+w* Israelis}. 
\verseNumber{4}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w So|strong="H1697"\+w*} many|strong="H5704" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" Israelis trembled|strong="H2730"/were|strong="H3478" afraid|strong="H2730" when|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5921" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="H3605" some|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1697" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3478" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H5921" Babylonia|strong="H0894" had|strong="H3478" sinned|strong="H2398" by|strong="H5921" disobeying the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H5921" Israelis like|strong="H3478" that|strong="H3605". They|strong="H5921" came|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3478" sat|strong="H3427" with|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3478" time|strong="H5704" to|strong="H5704" offer|strong="H7126" the|strong="H3605" evening|strong="H6153" sacrifices|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w grain|strong="H3605"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{5}When|strong="H3068" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" time|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3068" offer|strong="H7126" those|strong="H5921" sacrifices|strong="H4503", I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3068" still|strong="H5750" sitting|strong="H3427" there|strong="H3068", wearing|strong="H2296" those|strong="H5921" torn|strong="H7167" clothes|strong="H0899" and|strong="H6965" mourning|strong="H0060"/sad|strong="H7451". I|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" quickly|strong="H4116" prostrated|strong="H7812" myself|strong="H0589" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" ground|strong="H0776". I|strong="H5921" lifted|strong="H5375" up|strong="H6965" my|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3709" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
\verseNumber{6}and|strong="H8064" this|strong="H3588" is|strong="H5771" what|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" prayed|strong="H6419": 
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“Yahweh|strong="H3068" my|strong="H7311" God|strong="H8064", I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" very|strong="H5704" ashamed|strong="H3637" to|strong="H5704" raise|strong="H7311" my|strong="H7311" head|strong="H7218" in|strong="H6440" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H7218" you|strong="H3588". The|strong="H6440" sins|strong="H5771" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" Israelis have|strong="H5771" committed|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w are|strong="H8064"\+w* \+w very|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w great|strong="H1431"\+w*; \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3588"\+w*} have|strong="H5771" risen|strong="H7235" up|strong="H7311" higher|strong="H4605" than|strong="H7235" our|strong="H3588" heads|strong="H7218", and|strong="H8064" our|strong="H3588" guilt|strong="H5771" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w committing|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w those|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H5771"\+w*, \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w is|strong="H5771"\+w* \+w as|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w though|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w it|strong="H3588"\+w*} rises|strong="H6965" up|strong="H7311" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H6440" heavens|strong="H8064". 
\verseNumber{7}Since|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" time|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" our|strong="H5414" ancestors|strong="H0001" lived|strong="H3427" until|strong="H5704" now|strong="H3117", we|strong="H3117" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H2088" guilty|strong="H5771". That|strong="H3117" is|strong="H2088" the|strong="H6440" reason|strong="H6440" that|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3117" and|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" our|strong="H5414" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="H3027" been|strong="H1961" defeated|strong="H5221" by|strong="H3027" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w armies|strong="H6635"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w*} the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" other|strong="H2088" lands|strong="H4054". They|strong="H3117" killed|strong="H2719" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w our|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" captured|strong="H7628" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*}, they|strong="H3117" robbed|strong="H1497" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w some|strong="H3117"\+w*}, and|strong="H4428" they|strong="H3117" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w caused|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w them|strong="H5414"\+w* \+w all|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w to|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3027"\+w*} disgraced|strong="H0954", just|strong="H2088" like|strong="H5704" we|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" today|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{8}“But|strong="H1961" now|strong="H6258", Yahweh|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" been|strong="H1961" very|strong="H6258" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414". You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H4592" of|strong="H3068" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" ◄survive|strong="H7604"/continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427"►. You|strong="H5414" have|strong="H1961" revived|strong="H2421" our|strong="H3068" spirits|strong="H7307" [IDM] and|strong="H3068" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" escape|strong="H6413" from|strong="H3068" being|strong="H1961" slaves|strong="H5650" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} and|strong="H3068" to|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" safely|strong="H0983" [IDM] to|strong="H3068" live|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3068" this|strong="H5414" sacred|strong="H6944" place|strong="H4725". 
\verseNumber{9}We|strong="H3588" were|strong="H3063" slaves|strong="H5650", but|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3063" not|strong="H3808" abandon|strong="H5800" us|strong="H5414". Instead|strong="H3588", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" faithfully|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" us|strong="H5414", you|strong="H3588" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="H6440" kings|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Persia|strong="H6539" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H3808" very|strong="H3966" kind|strong="H4327" to|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" continue|strong="H5975" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" and|strong="H3063" to|strong="H5921" rebuild|strong="H1129" your|strong="H5414" temple|strong="H1004" which|strong="H1004" had|strong="H4428" been|strong="H3808" completely|strong="H3617" destroyed|strong="H2723". You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5650" allowed|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" start|strong="H1870" to|strong="H5921" live|strong="H3427" safely|strong="H0983" here|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H5921"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063". 
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\verseNumber{10}“Our|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", what|strong="H4100" more|strong="H3588" can|strong="H4100" we|strong="H3588" say|strong="H0559" now|strong="H6258" [RHQ]? In|strong="H5800" spite|strong="H5921" of|strong="H4687" all|strong="H3605" that|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w you|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w have|strong="H6258"\+w* \+w done|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w for|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w us|strong="H3588"\+w*}, we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H6258" disobeyed|strong="H6963" your|strong="H3588" commands|strong="H4687". 
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\verseNumber{12}They|strong="H3808" said|strong="H0559", ‘Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" daughters|strong="H1323" to|strong="H5704" marry|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" sons|strong="H1121"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" allow|strong="H5414" your|strong="H5414" sons|strong="H1121" to|strong="H5704" marry|strong="H5414" their|strong="H5375" daughters|strong="H1323"! Do|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" even|strong="H5704" try|strong="H0974" to|strong="H5704" cause|strong="H5414" things|strong="H2898" to|strong="H5704" go|strong="H1980" well|strong="H7965" for|strong="H5704" those|strong="H1121" people-groups! If|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" obey|strong="H8085" these|strong="H0428" instructions|strong="H1697", your|strong="H5414" nation|strong="H1471" will|strong="H1121" be|strong="H3808" strong|strong="H2388", and|strong="H1121" you|strong="H5414" will|strong="H1121" enjoy|strong="H3423" the|strong="H5414" good|strong="H2896" crops|strong="H8393" that|strong="H4616" grow|strong="H2388" on|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5414" land|strong="H0776" will|strong="H1121" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" your|strong="H5414" descendants|strong="H1121" forever|strong="H5769".’ 
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\verseNumber{13}“You|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820" us|strong="H5414" because|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" were|strong="H1419" very|strong="H1419" guilty|strong="H5771" for|strong="H3588" having|strong="H3588" done|strong="H4639" wicked|strong="H7451" things|strong="H1419". But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5771" not|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820" us|strong="H5414" as|strong="H3588" much|strong="H1419" as|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H5414" punished|strong="H2820". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w I|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w say|strong="H0559"\+w* \+w this|strong="H2063"\+w* \+w because|strong="H3588"\+w*} you|strong="H5414", our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H5414", have|strong="H5771" allowed|strong="H5414" some|strong="H3605" of|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5414" to|strong="H5921" survive|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{14}However|strong="H0389", some|strong="H5971" of|strong="H7611" us|strong="H7725" are|strong="H5971" again|strong="H7725" disobeying your|strong="H7725" commands|strong="H4687", and|strong="H7725" we|strong="H5704" are|strong="H5971" marrying|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5971" do|strong="H6565" those|strong="H7611" detestable|strong="H8441" things|strong="H4687". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H5704" continue|strong="H1961" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H6565" that|strong="H5971", surely|strong="H7725" you|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5971" get|strong="H7725" rid|strong="H5337" of|strong="H7611" all|strong="H5704" of|strong="H7611" us|strong="H7725" [RHQ], with|strong="H5971" the|strong="H7725" result|strong="H6903" that|strong="H5971" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7611" us|strong="H7725" will|strong="H5971" remain|strong="H3808" alive|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{15}Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H6440" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H6440" we|strong="H3588" Israelis \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worship|strong="H3478"\+w*/\+w belong|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*}, you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" fair|strong="H3303"/just|strong="H6662". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" guilty|strong="H0816". We|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" only|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" few|strong="H4592" people|strong="H5971" who|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" escaped|strong="H6413" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*}, but|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H3588", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H2088" deserve|strong="H0376" to|strong="H3478" stand|strong="H5975" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" presence|strong="H6440".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{The men agreed to divorce their foreign wives }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The men agreed to divorce their foreign wives }
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\chapterNumber{10}While|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" kneeling|strong="H3766" down|strong="H5307" in|strong="H3478" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H6440" temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3478" praying|strong="H6419" and|strong="H3478" crying|strong="H1058", I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H3478" confessing|strong="H3034" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* \+w sins|strong="H2403"\+w* \+w that|strong="H3588"\+w* \+w the|strong="H6440"\+w* Israeli \+w people|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w committed|strong="H3478"\+w*}. Many|strong="H7227" people|strong="H5971", men|strong="H3206" and|strong="H3478" women|strong="H0802" and|strong="H3478" children|strong="H3206", gathered|strong="H6908" around|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440" and|strong="H3478" also|strong="H3478" cried|strong="H1058" very|strong="H3966" much|strong="H7227". 
\verseNumber{2}Then|strong="H6030" Shecaniah|strong="H7935", the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehiel|strong="H3171" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867", said|strong="H6030" this|strong="H2063" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H5921": “We|strong="H6258" have|strong="H3426" disobeyed|strong="H4603" God|strong="H0430". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1121"\+w*} us|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3426" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5971" Israelis. But|strong="H6030" we|strong="H6258" can|strong="H3426" still|strong="H3427" confidently|strong="H2388" expect|strong="H6960" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3426"\+w* \+w merciful|strong="H2603"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3478"\+w*} us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H5971". 
\verseNumber{3}We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605", and|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3605" an|strong="H6213" awesome|strong="H3372" respect|strong="H6437" for|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" has|strong="H3318" commanded|strong="H4687", tell|strong="H3605" us|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3318" do|strong="H6213". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" God|strong="H0430" told|strong="H6213" us|strong="H6213" in|strong="H6213" his|strong="H3605" laws|strong="H8451". We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" make|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" agreement|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", saying|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" divorce|strong="H7971" our|strong="H3605" wives|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1992" not|strong="H6213" Israelis, and|strong="H6213" we|strong="H6213" will|strong="H6213" send|strong="H3318" them|strong="H1992" away|strong="H3318" with|strong="H1285" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H3205". 
\verseNumber{4}◄It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H1697" your|strong="H5921" responsibility|strong="H5921" to|strong="H6213"/Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1697" our|strong="H5921" leader|strong="H5387", you|strong="H3588" must|strong="H4191"► \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w tell|strong="H5046"\+w* \+w us|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w to|strong="H6213"\+w* \+w do|strong="H6213"\+w*}. So|strong="H6213" get|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965", and|strong="H6965" be|strong="H1697" courageous|strong="H2388", and|strong="H6965" do|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w is|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w necessary|strong="H2706"\+w*}. We|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1697" ◄support|strong="H2388" you|strong="H3588"/tell|strong="H5046" people|strong="H5971" to|strong="H6213" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3588" say|strong="H1697"►.” 
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\verseNumber{5}So|strong="H6213" I|strong="H1697" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" demanded|strong="H7592" that|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H1697" the|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H1697" Levi|strong="H3881", and|strong="H6965" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w other|strong="H2088"\+w*} Israeli people|strong="H5971" solemnly|strong="H7650" declare|strong="H5046" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1697" would|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" Shecaniah|strong="H7935" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H1697" should|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213". So|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1697" all|strong="H3605" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H7650" to|strong="H3478" do|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{7}Then|strong="H5674" we|strong="H3605" sent|strong="H5674" a|strong="H3389" message|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" all|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w people|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H1121" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w in|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w other|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w towns|strong="H1323"\+w* \+w in|strong="H1121"\+w*} Judah|strong="H3063", saying|strong="H6963" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" those|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3063" returned|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w from|strong="H1121"\+w* \+w Babylonia|strong="H0894"\+w*} should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5674" to|strong="H3389" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" immediately|strong="H6965". 
\verseNumber{8}We|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559" that|strong="H3605" if|strong="H1931" any|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3117" them|strong="H2763" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" arrive|strong="H0935" within|strong="H7130" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3605" order|strong="H4616" that|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" property|strong="H7399" of|strong="H3117" those|strong="H3605" people|strong="H3808" would|strong="H3605" be|strong="H3808" taken|strong="H3947" from|strong="H3117" them|strong="H2763", and|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H3605" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" considered|strong="H2803" to|strong="H3117" belong|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" Israeli people|strong="H3808"; \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w would|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w considered|strong="H2803"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w be|strong="H3808"\+w* \+w foreigners|strong="H1121"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H1697" within|strong="H1004" three|strong="H7969" days|strong="H3117", on|strong="H5921" December 19, all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H3063" Benjamin|strong="H1144" gathered|strong="H6908" in|strong="H3427" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" there|strong="H3427", sitting|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691" in|strong="H3427" front|strong="H6440" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" temple|strong="H1004". They|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" trembling|strong="H7460" because|strong="H5921" it|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" raining hard|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3063" because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3117" were|strong="H5971" worried|strong="H1672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w that|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w would|strong="H5971"\+w* \+w be|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w punished|strong="H6485"\+w* \+w for|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w they|strong="H3117"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{10}Then|strong="H6965" I|strong="H5921" stood|strong="H6965" up|strong="H6965" and|strong="H6965" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" them|strong="H5921", “\BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w Some|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3427"\+w*} you|strong="H5921" men|strong="H3478" have|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H4603" a|strong="H3478" very|strong="H3966" bad|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403". You|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3548" are|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3254" Israelis. By|strong="H5921" doing|strong="H6213" that|strong="H3478", you|strong="H5921" have|strong="H3478" made|strong="H3478" us|strong="H5921" Israeli people|strong="H3427" more|strong="H3254" guilty|strong="H0816" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w than|strong="H5921"\+w* \+w we|strong="H0587"\+w* \+w were|strong="H3478"\+w* \+w before|strong="H5921"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}So|strong="H6213" now|strong="H6258" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" confess|strong="H3034" to|strong="H3068" Yahweh|strong="H3068", the|strong="H5414" God|strong="H3068" whom|strong="H5971" your|strong="H3068" ancestors|strong="H0001" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w worshiped|strong="H7812"\+w*/\+w belonged|strong="H1961"\+w* \+w to|strong="H3068"\+w*}, the|strong="H5414" sin|strong="H2403" which|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" committed|strong="H6213", and|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" must|strong="H4191" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H6213" he|strong="H6213" wants|strong="H2656". Separate|strong="H0914" yourselves|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H3068" other|strong="H0312" nations|strong="H5971" and|strong="H3068" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H5414" women|strong="H0802" from|strong="H4480" those|strong="H4480" nations|strong="H5971" whom|strong="H5971" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H3068" married|strong="H3947".” 
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\verseNumber{12}The|strong="H3605" whole|strong="H3605" group|strong="H7235" answered|strong="H6030", shouting|strong="H6963" loudly|strong="H6963", “Yes|strong="H3651", what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697" is|strong="H1697" right|strong="H3651"! We|strong="H6213" will|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" what|strong="H1697" you|strong="H3605" have|strong="H1697" said|strong="H1697".” 
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" then|strong="H2088" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w one|strong="H2088"\+w* \+w of|strong="H3117"\+w*} them|strong="H5975" said|strong="H1697", “But|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3588" very|strong="H2088" large|strong="H7227" group|strong="H7235", and|strong="H3117" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2088" raining hard|strong="H5971". Also|strong="H2088", there|strong="H2088" are|strong="H3117" many|strong="H7227" of|strong="H3117" us|strong="H3588" who|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" committed|strong="H6586" this|strong="H2088" bad|strong="H7451" sin|strong="H2403". This|strong="H2088" is|strong="H2088" something|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" ◄take|strong="H5975" care|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3117"/handle|strong="H8610"► in|strong="H3117" one|strong="H2088" or|strong="H3808" two|strong="H8147" days|strong="H3117", and|strong="H3117" we|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" stand|strong="H5975" here|strong="H2088" in|strong="H3117" this|strong="H2088" rain|strong="H1653". 
\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H4480" allow|strong="H4994" our|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" to|strong="H5704" decide|strong="H8199" for|strong="H5704" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1697" us|strong="H4994" what|strong="H1697" we|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" do|strong="H1697". Tell|strong="H3605" everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" has|strong="H1697" married|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5975" woman|strong="H5237" who|strong="H3605" is|strong="H2088" not|strong="H2088" Israeli to|strong="H5704" come|strong="H7725" at|strong="H3427" a|strong="H5975" time|strong="H6256" that|strong="H3605" you|strong="H3605" decide|strong="H8199". They|strong="H5704" should|strong="H3068" come|strong="H7725" with|strong="H5973" the|strong="H3605" elders|strong="H2205" and|strong="H7725" judges|strong="H8199" from|strong="H4480" each|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". If|strong="H0518" we|strong="H5704" do|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605", our|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H5892" stop|strong="H5975" being|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H2734" with|strong="H5973" us|strong="H4994" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w because|strong="H4480"\+w* \+w of|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w what|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w we|strong="H5704"\+w* \+w have|strong="H1697"\+w* \+w done|strong="H1697"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{15}Jonathan|strong="H3129" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Asahel|strong="H6214", Jahzeiah|strong="H3167" the|strong="H5921" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Tikvah|strong="H8616", Meshullam|strong="H4918", and|strong="H1121" Shabbethai|strong="H7678", a|strong="H5975" descendant|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Levi|strong="H3881", were|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" only|strong="H0389" ones|strong="H1121" who|strong="H1121" objected to|strong="H5921" this|strong="H2063". 
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\verseNumber{16}All|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" others|strong="H0312" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3548" returned|strong="H7725" from|strong="H1121" Babylonia|strong="H0894" said|strong="H1697" that|strong="H3605" they|strong="H3117" would|strong="H1697" do|strong="H6213" it|strong="H6213". So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3117" chose|strong="H6213" leaders|strong="H7218" of|strong="H1121" each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" clans|strong="H1004", and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3117" wrote|strong="H3789" down|strong="H3427" their|strong="H3605" names|strong="H8034". On|strong="H3117" December 29, these|strong="H6213" men|strong="H1121" came|strong="H1697" and|strong="H1121" sat|strong="H3427" down|strong="H3427" to|strong="H6213" investigate|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3605" matter|strong="H1697". 
\verseNumber{17}By|strong="H3117" March|strong="H1980" 27 of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3605" next|strong="H4283" year|strong="H3117" they|strong="H3117" finished|strong="H3615" determining which|strong="H3117" men|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" women|strong="H0802" who|strong="H3605" were|strong="H3117" not|strong="H5704" Israelis. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3605" men|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" had|strong="H3427" married|strong="H3427" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802" }
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\verseNumber{18}This|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1121" a|strong="H4672" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" priests|strong="H3548" who|strong="H3548" had|strong="H3548" married|strong="H3427" non-Israeli women|strong="H0802", and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" clans|strong="H4940" to|strong="H1121" which|strong="H3548" they|strong="H3548" belonged|strong="H1961". From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H4672" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Jeshua|strong="H3442" and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H4672" brothers|strong="H1121", who|strong="H3548" were|strong="H1121" sons|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehozadak|strong="H3087", there|strong="H3427" were|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Eliezer|strong="H0461", Jarib|strong="H3402", and|strong="H1121" Gedaliah|strong="H1436". 
\verseNumber{19}They|strong="H5921" solemnly|strong="H7650" promised|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3318" divorce|strong="H7971" their|strong="H5414" wives|strong="H0802", and|strong="H3027" they|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5414" sacrificed|strong="H2076" a|strong="H5414" ram|strong="H0352" to|strong="H3318" be|strong="H3027" an|strong="H5414" offering|strong="H4503" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w to|strong="H3318"\+w* \+w atone|strong="H3722"\+w*} for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5414" sins|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{20}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Immer|strong="H0564" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Hanani|strong="H2607" and|strong="H1121" Zebadiah|strong="H2069". 
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\verseNumber{21}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Elijah|strong="H0452", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Jehiel|strong="H3171", and|strong="H1121" Uzziah|strong="H5818". 
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\verseNumber{22}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3458" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pashhur|strong="H6583" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Ishmael|strong="H3458", Nethanel|strong="H5417", Jozabad|strong="H3107", and|strong="H1121" Elasah|strong="H0501". 
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\verseNumber{23}The|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w other|strong="H0312"\+w*} descendants|strong="H2233" of|strong="H4480" Levi|strong="H3881" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w who|strong="H1931"\+w* \+w had|strong="H3063"\+w* \+w married|strong="H3947"\+w* non-Israeli \+w women|strong="H0802"\+w*} were|strong="H3881" Jozabad|strong="H3107", Shimei|strong="H8096", Kelaiah|strong="H7041" (whose|strong="H0834" other|strong="H0312" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H1931" Kelita|strong="H7042"), Pethahiah|strong="H6611", Judah|strong="H3063", and|strong="H3063" Eliezer|strong="H0461". 
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\verseNumber{24}There|strong="H4480" was|strong="H3068" Eliashib|strong="H0475" the|strong="H4480" musician|strong="H5329". 
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From|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" temple|strong="H1004" guards|strong="H7778" there|strong="H4480" were|strong="H7778" Shallum|strong="H7967", Telem|strong="H2928", and|strong="H7891" Uri|strong="H0221". 
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\verseNumber{25}This|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" list|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" names|strong="H8034" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" other|strong="H0312" Israelis who|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3478" married|strong="H3947" foreign|strong="H5237" wives|strong="H0802": 
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From|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Parosh|strong="H6551" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H3478" Ramiah|strong="H7422", Izziah|strong="H3150", Malchijah|strong="H4441", Mijamin|strong="H4326", Eleazar|strong="H0499", Hashabiah|strong="H2811", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{26}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Elam|strong="H5867" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Zechariah|strong="H2148", Jehiel|strong="H3171", Abdi|strong="H5660", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", and|strong="H1121" Elijah|strong="H0452". 
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\verseNumber{27}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Zattu|strong="H2240" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Elioenai|strong="H0454", Eliashib|strong="H0475", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Jeremoth|strong="H3406", Zabad|strong="H2066", and|strong="H1121" Aziza|strong="H5819". 
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\verseNumber{28}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3076" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bebai|strong="H0893" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Jehohanan|strong="H3076", Hananiah|strong="H2608", Zabbai|strong="H2079", and|strong="H1121" Athlai|strong="H6270". 
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\verseNumber{29}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bani|strong="H1137" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Meshullam|strong="H4918", Malluch|strong="H4409",, Adaiah|strong="H5718", Jashub|strong="H3437", Sheal|strong="H7594", and|strong="H1121" Jeremoth|strong="H3406". 
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\verseNumber{30}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Pahath-Moab|strong="H6355" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Adna|strong="H5733", Kelal|strong="H3636", Benaiah|strong="H1141", Maaseiah|strong="H4641", Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Bezalel|strong="H1212", Binnui|strong="H1131", and|strong="H1121" Manasseh|strong="H4519". 
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\verseNumber{31}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8098" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Harim|strong="H2766" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Eliezer|strong="H0461", Ishijah|strong="H3449", Malkijah|strong="H4441", Shemaiah|strong="H8098", Shimeon|strong="H8095", 
\verseNumber{32}Benjamin|strong="H1144", Malluch|strong="H4409", and|strong="H1144" Shemariah|strong="H8114". 
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\verseNumber{33}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Hashum|strong="H2828" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Mattenai|strong="H4982", Mattattah|strong="H4992", Zabad|strong="H2066", Eliphelet|strong="H0467", Jeremai|strong="H3413", Manasseh|strong="H4519", and|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096". 
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\verseNumber{34}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Bigvai|strong="H0902" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Maadai|strong="H4572", Amram|strong="H6019", Uel|strong="H0177", 
\verseNumber{35}Benaiah|strong="H1141", Bedeiah|strong="H0912", Keluhi|strong="H3622", 
\verseNumber{36}Vaniah|strong="H2057", Meremoth|strong="H4822", Eliashib|strong="H0475", 
\verseNumber{37}Mattaniah|strong="H4983", Mattenai|strong="H4982", and|strong="H3967" Jaasu|strong="H3299". 
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\verseNumber{38}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1121" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Binnui|strong="H1131" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Shimei|strong="H8096", 
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\verseNumber{39}Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Nathan|strong="H5416", Adaiah|strong="H5718", 
\verseNumber{40}Macnadebai, Shashai|strong="H8343", Sharai|strong="H8298", 
\verseNumber{41}Azarel|strong="H5832", Shelemiah|strong="H8018", Shemariah|strong="H8114", 
\verseNumber{42}Shallum|strong="H7967", Amariah|strong="H0568", and|strong="H3130" Joseph|strong="H3130". 
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\verseNumber{43}From|strong="H1121" the|strong="H1141" clan|strong="H4940" of|strong="H1121" Nebo|strong="H5015" there|strong="H8033" were|strong="H1121" Jeiel|strong="H3273", Mattithiah|strong="H4993", Zabad|strong="H2066", Zebina|strong="H2081", Jaddai|strong="H3035", Joel|strong="H3100", and|strong="H1121" Benaiah|strong="H1141". 
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\verseNumber{44}Each|strong="H3605" of|strong="H1121" those|strong="H1992" men|strong="H1121" had|strong="H3426" married|strong="H5375" a|strong="H7760" woman|strong="H5237" who|strong="H3605" was|strong="H1121" not|strong="H7760" an|strong="H7760" Israeli. \BibleCharacterStyleADD{\+w But|strong="H1992"\+w* \+w immediately|strong="H6965"\+w*} they|strong="H1992" divorced|strong="H1644" those|strong="H1992" women|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H1992" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" away|strong="H5375". 
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