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He has appointed me to build him a Temple at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Any of you who are his people may go to Jerusalem in Judah to rebuild this Temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, who lives in Jerusalem. And may your God be with you! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Wherever this Jewish remnant is found, let their neighbors contribute toward their expenses by giving them silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock, as well as a voluntary offering for the Temple of God in Jerusalem.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Then God stirred the hearts of the priests and Levites and the leaders of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin to go to Jerusalem to rebuild the Temple of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And all their neighbors assisted by giving them articles of silver and gold, supplies for the journey, and livestock. They gave them many valuable gifts in addition to all the voluntary offerings.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>King Cyrus himself brought out the articles that King Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the LORD’s Temple in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his own gods. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Cyrus directed Mithredath, the treasurer of Persia, to count these items and present them to Sheshbazzar, the leader of the exiles returning to Judah.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is a list of the items that were returned:</p><p class="b"/><table><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">gold basins</td><td class="tc2" align="right">30</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">silver basins</td><td class="tc2" align="right">1,000</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">silver incense burners<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></td><td class="tc2" align="right">29</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>gold bowls</td><td class="tc2" align="right">30</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">silver bowls</td><td class="tc2" align="right">410</td></tr><tr class="tr"><td class="tc1" align="left">other items</td><td class="tc2" align="right">1,000</td></tr></table><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezra/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In all, there were 5,400 articles of gold and silver. Sheshbazzar brought all of these along when the exiles went from Babylon to Jerusalem.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1a </span><span class="ft">The first year of Cyrus’s reign over Babylon was 538 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1b </span><span class="ft">See Jer 25:11-12; 29:10.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:8 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:9 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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