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Ezra 1
The book opens not in Jerusalem but in the Persian court: in his first year Cyrus issues a written proclamation freeing the exiles to go up and rebuild the LORD's house. The heads of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and Levites whose spirit God had stirred, rise to answer. Watch two threads that will run through the whole book: the returnees' neighbors fund them with silver, gold, and goods, and Cyrus hands back the temple vessels Nebuchadnezzar had carried off, counted out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the LORD’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
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“Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
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Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
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Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”
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Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build the LORD’s house which is in Jerusalem.
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All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered.
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Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the LORD’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
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even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
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thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
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All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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No primeiro ano de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para que a palavra do SENHOR pela boca de Jeremias se cumprisse, o SENHOR despertou o espírito de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, de modo que ele fez uma proclamação por todo o seu reino, e também a colocou por escrito, dizendo:
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“Assim diz Ciro, rei da Pérsia: 'O SENHOR, o Deus dos céus, me deu todos os reinos da terra; e ele me ordenou que lhe edificasse uma casa em Jerusalém, que fica em Judá.
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Quem quer que haja entre vocês de todo o seu povo, que o seu Deus esteja com ele, e que suba a Jerusalém, que fica em Judá, e edifique a casa do SENHOR, o Deus de Israel (ele é Deus), que está em Jerusalém.
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E todo aquele que restar, em qualquer lugar onde viva, que os homens do seu lugar o ajudem com prata, com ouro, com bens e com animais, além da oferta voluntária para a casa de Deus que está em Jerusalém.'”
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Então se levantaram os chefes das casas paternas de Judá e de Benjamim, os sacerdotes e os levitas, todos aqueles cujo espírito Deus havia despertado para subir, a fim de edificar a casa do SENHOR que está em Jerusalém.
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Todos os que estavam ao seu redor fortaleceram as suas mãos com utensílios de prata, com ouro, com bens, com animais e com coisas preciosas, além de tudo o que foi oferecido voluntariamente.
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O rei Ciro também trouxe para fora os utensílios da casa do SENHOR, que Nabucodonosor havia trazido de Jerusalém e colocado na casa dos seus deuses;
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o próprio Ciro, rei da Pérsia, os trouxe para fora pelas mãos de Mitredate, o tesoureiro, e os contou para Sesbazar, o príncipe de Judá.
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Este é o número deles: trinta bacias de ouro, mil bacias de prata, vinte e nove facas,
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trinta taças de ouro, quatrocentas e dez taças de prata de um segundo tipo, e mil outros utensílios.
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Todos os utensílios de ouro e de prata foram cinco mil e quatrocentos. Sesbazar trouxe tudo isso quando os cativos foram trazidos da Babilônia para Jerusalém.
The vessels come home
The chapter closes with an inventory that seems dry but is the point: 5,400 gold and silver items returned. These are the same vessels looted at the fall of Jerusalem, and their careful count signals continuity between the first temple and what is to come.
Sheshbazzar, named here as the one who brings them up from Babylon, will resurface in the disputes of later chapters as the figure who first laid the foundation.
Context layers
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- Proverbs 1:7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Psalms 111:10Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Luke 12:4-7Key passage connected to Fear of the Lord.
- Mark 1:14-15Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
- Matthew 13:31-33Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
- Luke 17:20-21Key passage connected to Kingdom of God.
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