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Ezra · read by William Skates
9 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
Ezra 1
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In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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"This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: 'The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had stirred—prepared to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
Ezra 7
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this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.Read from NASB1995 · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put into the heart of the king to so honor the house of the LORD in Jerusalem,Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)
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and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.Read from KJV · This Ezra (and the House of God)