Old Testament

And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. < Ezra 6:14 | > Ezra 6:16 Reflection Ezra 6:15 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and […]

And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy, < Ezra 6:15 | > Ezra 6:17 Reflection Ezra 6:16 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, […]

And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. < Ezra 6:16 | > Ezra 6:18 Reflection Ezra 6:17 sits within Ezra, the account of […]

And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. < Ezra 6:17 | > Ezra 6:19 Reflection Ezra 6:18 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws […]

And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. < Ezra 6:18 | > Ezra 6:20 Reflection Ezra 6:19 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding after exile. This verse may be brief, but […]

And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: < Ezra 6:1 | > Ezra 6:3 Reflection Ezra 6:2 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and […]

For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. < Ezra 6:19 | > Ezra 6:21 Reflection Ezra 6:20 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture […]

And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, < Ezra 6:20 | > Ezra 6:22 Reflection Ezra 6:21 sits within Ezra, the account of […]

And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. < Ezra 6:21 | > Ezra 7:1 Reflection Ezra 6:22 […]

In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; < Ezra […]

With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expences be given out of the king’s house: < Ezra 6:3 | > Ezra 6:5 Reflection Ezra 6:4 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding after exile. […]

And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. < […]

Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: < Ezra 6:5 | > Ezra 6:7 Reflection Ezra 6:6 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding after exile. […]

Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. < Ezra 6:6 | > Ezra 6:8 Reflection Ezra 6:7 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, […]

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expences be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. < Ezra 6:7 | > Ezra 6:9 Reflection […]

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: < Ezra 6:8 | > Ezra […]

Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, < Ezra 6:22 | > Ezra 7:2 Reflection Ezra 7:1 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding […]

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. < Ezra 7:9 | > Ezra 7:11 Reflection Ezra 7:10 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding […]

Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. < Ezra 7:10 | > Ezra 7:12 Reflection Ezra 7:11 sits within Ezra, the account of return and […]

Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. < Ezra 7:11 | > Ezra 7:13 Reflection Ezra 7:12 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding […]

I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. < Ezra 7:12 | > Ezra 7:14 Reflection Ezra 7:13 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, […]

Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellers, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; < Ezra 7:13 | > Ezra 7:15 Reflection Ezra 7:14 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention […]

And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellers have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, < Ezra 7:14 | > Ezra 7:16 Reflection Ezra 7:15 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and […]

And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: < Ezra 7:15 | > Ezra 7:17 Reflection Ezra 7:16 sits within Ezra, the account of […]

That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. < Ezra 7:16 | > Ezra 7:18 Reflection Ezra 7:17 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where […]

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. < Ezra 7:17 | > Ezra 7:19 Reflection Ezra 7:18 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to […]

The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. < Ezra 7:18 | > Ezra 7:20 Reflection Ezra 7:19 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding after […]

The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, < Ezra 7:1 | > Ezra 7:3 Reflection Ezra 7:2 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, and rebuilding after exile. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house. < Ezra 7:19 | > Ezra 7:21 Reflection Ezra 7:20 sits within Ezra, the account of return and restoration, where Scripture often draws attention to renewal, worship, Scripture, […]

And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, < Ezra 7:20 | > Ezra 7:22 Reflection Ezra 7:21 sits within […]