Discovery Box| (1.00) | Ezr 5:8 |
| Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, 1 and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 5:10 |
| We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 5:16 |
| Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment 1 it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.’ |
| (1.00) | Ezr 5:17 |
| “Now if the king is so inclined, 1 let a search be conducted in the royal archives 2 there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter.” |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:7 |
| Leave the work on this temple of God alone. 1 Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:8 |
| “I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. 1 |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:9 |
| Whatever is needed – whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by 1 the priests who are in Jerusalem – must be given to them daily without any neglect, |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:11 |
| “I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled 1 on it, and his house is to be reduced 2 to a rubbish heap 3 for this indiscretion. 4 |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:13 |
| Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly – with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions. 1 |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:14 |
| The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time 1 Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:18 |
| They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, 1 in accord with 2 the book of Moses. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:21 |
| The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them 1 in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 6:22 |
| They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion 1 of the king of Assyria 2 toward them, so that he assisted 3 them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 7:11 |
| What follows 1 is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. 2 Ezra was 3 a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: |
| (1.00) | Ezr 7:19 |
| Deliver to 1 the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 7:24 |
| Furthermore, be aware of the fact 1 that you have no authority to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or the attendants at the temple of this God. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 8:17 |
| I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them 1 what to say to Iddo and his relatives, 2 who were the temple servants in 3 Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 8:20 |
| and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites – 220 of them. They were all designated by name. |
| (1.00) | Ezr 8:22 |
| I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy 1 along the way, because we had said to the king, “The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger 2 is against everyone who forsakes him.” |
| (1.00) | Ezr 8:26 |
| I weighed out to them 1 650 talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 2 100 talents of gold, |
