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Now in the first[H259]year[H8141] of Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] by the mouth[H6310] of Jeremiah[H3414] might be fulfilled[H3615], the LORD[H3068] stirred up[H5782] the spirit[H7307] of Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], that he made a proclamation[H5674] throughout all his kingdom[H4438], and put it also in writing[H4385], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559]Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], The LORD[H3068]God[H430] of heaven[H8064] hath given[H5414] me all the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776]; and he hath charged[H6485] me to build[H1129] him an house[H1004] at Jerusalem[H3389], which is in Judah[H3063].
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Who is there among you of all his people?[H5971] His God[H430] be with him, and let him go up[H5927] to Jerusalem[H3389], which is in Judah[H3063], and build[H1129] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel,(he is the God[H430],) which is in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And whosoever remaineth[H7604] in any place[H4725] where he sojourneth[H1481], let the men[H582] of his place[H4725]help[H5375] him with silver[H3701], and with gold[H2091], and with goods[H7399], and with beasts[H929], beside the freewill offering[H5071] for the house[H1004] of God[H430] that is in Jerusalem[H3389].
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Then rose up[H6965] the chief[H7218] of the fathers[H1] of Judah[H3063] and Benjamin[H1144], and the priests[H3548], and the Levites[H3881], with all them whose spirit[H7307]God[H430] had raised[H5782], to go up[H5927] to build[H1129] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] which is in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And all they that were about[H5439] them strengthened[H2388] their hands[H3027] with vessels[H3627] of silver[H3701], with gold[H2091], with goods[H7399], and with beasts[H929], and with precious things[H4030], beside all that was willingly offered[H5068].
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Also Cyrus[H3566] the king[H4428] brought forth[H3318] the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], which Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] had brought forth[H3318] out of Jerusalem[H3389], and had put[H5414] them in the house[H1004] of his gods[H430];
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Even those did Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539] bring forth[H3318] by the hand[H3027] of Mithredath[H4990] the treasurer[H1489], and numbered[H5608] them unto Sheshbazzar[H8339], the prince[H5387] of Judah[H3063].
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And this is the number[H4557] of them: thirty[H7970]chargers[H105] of gold[H2091], a thousand[H505]chargers[H105] of silver[H3701], nine[H8672] and twenty[H6242]knives[H4252],
10Thirty[H7970]basons[H3713] of gold[H2091], silver[H3701]basons[H3713] of a second[H4932] sort four[H702]hundred[H3967] and ten[H6235], and other[H312]vessels[H3627] a thousand[H505].
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All the vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091] and of silver[H3701] were five[H2568]thousand[H505] and four[H702]hundred[H3967]. All these did Sheshbazzar[H8339] bring up[H5927] with them of the captivity[H1473] that were brought up[H5927] from Babylon[H894] unto Jerusalem[H3389].