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Bible verses for today：
June 8  (day 162)


  Ezra 1-2              

  Ezra 1-2


1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill 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 to put it in writing
1:2 "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says
1:3 Anyone of his people among you-- may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem.
1:4 And the people of any place where survivors may now be living are to provide him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.""
1:5 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.
1:6 All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.
1:7 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.
1:8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
1:9 This was the inventory
1:10 gold bowls 30 matching silver bowls 410 other articles 1,000
1:11 In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver. Sheshbazzar brought all these along when the exiles came up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
2:1 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 his own town,
2:2 in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah)
2:3 the descendants of Parosh 2,172
2:4 of Shephatiah 372
2:5 of Arah 775
2:6 of Pahath-Moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab) 2,812
2:7 of Elam 1,254
2:8 of Zattu 945
2:9 of Zaccai 760
2:10 of Bani 642
2:11 of Bebai 623
2:12 of Azgad 1,222
2:13 of Adonikam 666
2:14 of Bigvai 2,056
2:15 of Adin 454
2:16 of Ater (through Hezekiah) 98
2:17 of Bezai 323
2:18 of Jorah 112
2:19 of Hashum 223
2:20 of Gibbar 95
2:21 the men of Bethlehem 123
2:22 of Netophah 56
2:23 of Anathoth 128
2:24 of Azmaveth 42
2:25 of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth 743
2:26 of Ramah and Geba 621
2:27 of Micmash 122
2:28 of Bethel and Ai 223
2:29 of Nebo 52
2:30 of Magbish 156
2:31 of the other Elam 1,254
2:32 of Harim 320
2:33 of Lod, Hadid and Ono 725
2:34 of Jericho 345
2:35 of Senaah 3,630
2:36 The priests
2:37 of Immer 1,052
2:38 of Pashhur 1,247
2:39 of Harim 1,017
2:40 The Levites
2:41 The singers
2:42 The gatekeepers of the temple
2:43 The temple servants
2:44 Keros, Siaha, Padon,
2:45 Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub,
2:46 Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,
2:47 Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah,
2:48 Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam,
2:49 Uzza, Paseah, Besai,
2:50 Asnah, Meunim, Nephussim,
2:51 Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur,
2:52 Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha,
2:53 Barkos, Sisera, Temah,
2:54 Neziah and Hatipha
2:55 The descendants of the servants of Solomon
2:56 Jaala, Darkon, Giddel,
2:57 Shephatiah, Hattil, Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami
2:58 The temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon 392
2:59 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
2:60 The descendants of Delaiah, Tobiah and Nekoda 652
2:61 And from among the priests
2:62 These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
2:63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim.
2:64 The whole company numbered 42,360,
2:65 besides their 7,337 menservants and maidservants; and they also had 200 men and women singers.
2:66 They had 736 horses, 245 mules,
2:67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys.
2:68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.
2:69 According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver and 100 priestly garments.
2:70 The priests, the Levites, the singers, 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.