Ezra 1:4-6

Christian Standard Bible

⁴ Let every survivor,^(A) wherever he resides, 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.”

Return from Exile

⁵ So the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and Levites—everyone whose spirit God had roused^(B)—prepared to go up and rebuild the Lord’s house in Jerusalem. ⁶ All their neighbors supported them^[a](C) with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.