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In response, the heads of the families[a] of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and descendants of Levi, and all those who had been prompted[b] by God, prepared to travel to rebuild the Temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem. So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers[c] with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.

Temple Instruments Returned

King Cyrus also brought out from storage[d] the service instruments from the Temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his gods.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:5 Lit. fathers
  2. Ezra 1:5 Lit. all whose spirit had been stirred up
  3. Ezra 1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands
  4. Ezra 1:7 The Heb. lacks from storage
  5. Ezra 1:7 LXX his god