Ezra 1:3
The Scripture
(3) Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Ezra returns to Jerusalem with the people and the priests after the Babylonian exile and they are told that they have been oppressed and that a law has been given. The king appoints Nehemiah to oversee the return and the law is given to the people. The chapter shows the people's desire for a law and the beginning of rebuilding the temple.
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Joshua 1:9I Chronicles 28:20Matthew 28:20Deuteronomy 32:31Psalms 83:18Isaiah 45:5Jeremiah 10:10Daniel 2:47Daniel 6:26Acts 10:36