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Saturday, 3 July 2021

the Book of Ezra - Chapter Three



Rebuilding the altar 

1 When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, the people assembled together as one in Jerusalem. 2 Then Joshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, in accordance with what is written in the Law of Moses the man of God. 3 Despite their fear of the peoples around them, they built the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and evening sacrifices. 4 Then in accordance with what is written, they celebrated the Festival of Tabernacles with the required number of burnt offerings prescribed for each day. 5 After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings, the New Moon sacrifices and the sacrifices for all the appointed sacred festivals of the Lord, as well as those brought as freewill offerings to the Lord. 6 On the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, though the foundation of the Lord’s temple had not yet been laid.


Rebuilding the temple

7 Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorised by Cyrus king of Persia.

8 In the second month of the second year after their arrival at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Joshua son of Jozadak and the rest of the people (the priests and the Levites and all who had returned from the captivity to Jerusalem) began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years old and older to supervise the building of the house of the Lord. 9 Joshua and his sons and brothers and Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Hodaviah) and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers – all Levites – joined together in supervising those working on the house of God.

10 When the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests in their vestments and with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their places to praise the Lord, as prescribed by David king of Israel. 11 With praise and thanksgiving they sang to the Lord:

‘He is good;

    his love towards Israel endures for ever.’

And all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. 12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.


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The Book of EZRA

- Chapter 3 -

 Read by David Suchet


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STUDY - LINKS


The book of EZRA/JEREMIAH

- Overview -

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/MkETkRv9tG8



The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 1 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/JS-c9qS8uA8


The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 2 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/9q0vg9-p-8E


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Friday, 2 July 2021

The Book of EZRA - Chapter Two


The list of the exiles who returned

1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken captive to Babylon (they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to their own town, 2 in company with Zerubbabel, Joshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah):

The list of the men of the people of Israel:


3 the descendants of Parosh

2,172

4 of Shephatiah

372

5 of Arah

775

6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab)

2,812

7 of Elam

1,254

8 of Zattu

945

9 of Zakkai

760

10 of Bani

642

11 of Bebai

623

12 of Azgad

1,222

13 of Adonikam

666

14 of Bigvai

2,056

15 of Adin

454

16 of Ater (through Hezekiah)

98

17 of Bezai

323

18 of Jorah

112

19 of Hashum

223

20 of Gibbar

95

21 the men of Bethlehem

123

22 of Netophah

56

23 of Anathoth

128

24 of Azmaveth

42

25 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth

743

26 of Ramah and Geba

621

27 of Mikmash

122

28 of Bethel and Ai

223

29 of Nebo

52

30 of Magbish

156

31 of the other Elam

1,254

32 of Harim

320

33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono

725

34 of Jericho

345

35 of Senaah

3,630



36 The priests:

the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua)

973

37 of Immer

1,052

38 of Pashhur

1,247

39 of Harim

1,017


40 The Levites:


the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (of the line of Hodaviah)

74


41 The musicians:


the descendants of Asaph

128


42 The gatekeepers of the temple:


the descendants of

Shallum, Ater, Talmon,

Akkub, Hatita and Shobai

139


43 The temple servants:


the descendants of

Ziha, Hasupha, Tabbaoth,

44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,

45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,

46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,

47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,

48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,

49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,

50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim,

51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,

52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,

53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,

54 Neziah and Hatipha



55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon:


the descendants of

Sotai, Hassophereth, Peruda,

56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,

57 Shephatiah, Hattil,

Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami

58 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon     392



59 The following came up from the towns of Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon and Immer, but they could not show that their families were descended from Israel:


60 The descendants of

Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda

652


61 And from among the priests:


The descendants of

Hobaiah, Hakkoz and Barzillai (a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name).    


62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean. 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.

64 The whole company numbered 42,360, 65 besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers. 66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.

68 When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings towards the rebuilding of the house of God on its site. 69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.

70 The priests, the Levites, the musicians, the gatekeepers and the temple servants settled in their own towns, along with some of the other people, and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.



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The Book of EZRA

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STUDY - LINKS


The book of EZRA/JEREMIAH

- Overview -

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/MkETkRv9tG8



The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 1 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/JS-c9qS8uA8


The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 2 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/9q0vg9-p-8E


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Thursday, 1 July 2021

The Book of EZRA - Chapter One

 


The book of EZRA/JEREMIAH

- Overview -

(The Bible Project)

Cyrus helps the exiles to return

1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

‘This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

‘“The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.”’

Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites – everyone whose heart God had moved – prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. All their neighbours assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.

Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god. Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

This was the inventory:


        gold dishes30
        silver dishes1,000
        silver pans29
10     gold bowls30
        matching silver bowls410
        other articles1,000


11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along with the exiles when they came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.


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The Book of EZRA

- Chapter 1 -

 Read by David Suchet



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STUDY - LINKS


The book of EZRA/JEREMIAH

- Overview -

(The Bible Project)

https://youtu.be/MkETkRv9tG8



The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 1 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/JS-c9qS8uA8


The Book of Ezra /Nehemiah Part 2 -

David Pawson

https://youtu.be/9q0vg9-p-8E


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