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Ezra · read by Zac Poonen
29 verses, in order. Only the verses Zac read aloud are shown.
Ezra 1
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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 NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Daniel) ch.6:1-28
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And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.'"Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.1 & 2
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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 NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.1 & 2
Ezra 2
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These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.3 & 4
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The governor ordered them not to eat the most holy things until there was a priest to consult the Urim and Thummim.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.3 & 4
Ezra 3
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By the seventh month, the Israelites had settled in their towns, and the people assembled as one man in Jerusalem.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.3 & 4
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They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Nehemiah) ch.9 & 10
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On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.3 & 4
Ezra 4
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When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.3 & 4
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Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
Ezra 5
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Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.Read from ESV · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
Ezra 6
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Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
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The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.5 & 6
Ezra 7
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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Nehemiah) ch.1 & 2
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This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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together with all the silver and gold you may find in all the province of Babylon, as well as the freewill offerings of the people and priests to the house of their God in Jerusalem.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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With this money, therefore, you are to buy as many bulls, rams, and lambs as needed, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar at the house of your God in Jerusalem.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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You must deliver to the God of Jerusalem all the articles given to you for the service of the house of your God.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
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And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates—all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them.Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10
Ezra 8
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These are the family heads and genealogical records of those who returned with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes:Read from NASB1995 · From Babylon to Jerusalem - (Ezra) ch.7 - ch.10