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Ezra Chapter 6

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Ezra

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Ezra gathers the Jews to rebuild Jerusalem's temple while the Persian king rewards those who obey God. The chapter highlights the importance of faithfulness, community, and God's covenant.

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(1) Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
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Ezra 4:15Ezra 4:19Ezra 5:17Job 29:16Proverbs 25:2Psalms 40:7Jeremiah 36:2Jeremiah 36:3Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:20Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 36:22

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Ezra 5:17II Chronicles 36:18

(2) 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:
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Esther 3:12Joshua 1:8Jeremiah 36:29Ezekiel 2:10Revelation 10:6

(3) 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;
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Ezra 1:1Ezra 1:2Ezra 1:3Ezra 1:4Ezra 5:13Ezra 5:14Ezra 5:15II Chronicles 36:22II Chronicles 36:23Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:6Deuteronomy 12:11

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Ezekiel 41:2I Kings 6:2II Chronicles 3:3Ezekiel 40:48Genesis 6:15Exodus 38:1

(4) With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:
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I Kings 6:36Ezra 7:20Ezra 7:21Ezra 7:22Ezra 7:23Psalms 68:29Psalms 72:10Isaiah 49:23Isaiah 60:6Isaiah 60:7Isaiah 60:8Isaiah 60:9

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Exodus 28:17I Chronicles 29:2Esther 8:8Exodus 39:10I Kings 7:10Esther 3:3

(5) 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.
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Ezra 1:7Ezra 1:8Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 27:18Jeremiah 27:19Jeremiah 27:20Jeremiah 27:21Jeremiah 27:22Daniel 1:2Daniel 5:2II Kings 24:13

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Ezra 5:14Daniel 5:2II Chronicles 36:7II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Jeremiah 7:4

(6) Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
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Ezra 5:3Ezra 5:6Genesis 32:28Genesis 43:14Nehemiah 1:11Psalms 76:10Proverbs 21:1Proverbs 21:30Isaiah 27:8Acts 4:26Acts 4:27Acts 4:28

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Ezra 5:6Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21Joshua 12:2Joshua 17:9

(7) 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.
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Acts 5:38Acts 5:39

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Esther 8:17John 19:21Matthew 27:11Esther 8:9Esther 9:1Esther 9:24

(8) 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 expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.
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Ezra 6:4Ezra 4:16Ezra 4:20Ezra 7:15Ezra 7:16Ezra 7:17Ezra 7:18Ezra 7:19Ezra 7:20Ezra 7:21Ezra 7:22Psalms 68:29

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Esther 8:8Esther 8:17Ezra 6:6Esther 9:1Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18

(9) 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:
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Leviticus 1:3Leviticus 1:4Leviticus 1:5Leviticus 1:10Leviticus 9:2Psalms 50:9Psalms 50:10Psalms 50:11Psalms 50:12Psalms 50:13Exodus 29:38Exodus 29:39

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I Kings 8:64Numbers 29:39I Chronicles 29:21Ezra 7:17Leviticus 23:18Numbers 29:13

(10) That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
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Genesis 8:21Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 1:13Ephesians 5:2Ezra 7:23Jeremiah 29:7I Timothy 2:1I Timothy 2:2

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Numbers 28:2Numbers 28:8Jeremiah 6:20Leviticus 17:5Psalms 66:15Malachi 1:8

(11) Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
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Ezra 7:26Esther 5:4Esther 7:10II Kings 9:37II Kings 10:27Daniel 2:5Daniel 3:29

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Matthew 5:22

(12) And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
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Exodus 20:24Deuteronomy 12:5Deuteronomy 12:11Deuteronomy 16:2I Kings 9:3II Chronicles 7:16Psalms 132:13Psalms 132:14Psalms 5:10Psalms 21:8Psalms 21:9Psalms 21:10

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Genesis 18:28Genesis 19:13Numbers 33:52Deuteronomy 9:3Joshua 11:20II Samuel 14:11

(13) Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.
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Ezra 4:9Ezra 4:23Ezra 5:6Esther 6:11Job 5:12Job 5:13Proverbs 29:26

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Ezra 5:6Ezra 6:6Ezra 5:3Genesis 15:18Exodus 7:18Exodus 7:21

(14) And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
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Ezra 3:8Ezra 4:3Ezra 5:1Ezra 5:2Haggai 1:12Haggai 1:13Haggai 1:14Haggai 2:2Haggai 2:3Haggai 2:4Haggai 2:5Haggai 2:6

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Ezra 4:21Numbers 9:23I John 2:7II Chronicles 29:25Ezra 5:1Esther 8:17

(15) 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.
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Esther 3:7Esther 3:13Esther 8:12Esther 9:1Esther 9:15Esther 9:17Esther 9:19Esther 9:21

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Esther 3:7Revelation 8:12II Chronicles 31:7Ezekiel 8:1Haggai 1:1II Samuel 18:2

(16) 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,
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I Chronicles 9:2Nehemiah 7:73Ezra 4:1I Kings 8:63II Chronicles 7:5II Chronicles 7:9John 10:22Ezra 6:22Ezra 3:11Ezra 3:12Deuteronomy 12:7I Chronicles 15:28

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Ezekiel 16:53Zephaniah 3:17II Chronicles 35:18Numbers 3:45Ezra 3:8Nehemiah 10:38

(17) 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.
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Ezra 8:35Numbers 7:2Numbers 7:3Numbers 7:4Numbers 7:5Numbers 7:6Numbers 7:7Numbers 7:8Numbers 7:9Numbers 7:10Numbers 7:11Numbers 7:12

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Numbers 7:87Ezra 8:35Numbers 7:88Ezekiel 48:16Numbers 7:84Numbers 29:17

(18) 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.
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I Chronicles 23:1I Chronicles 23:2I Chronicles 23:3I Chronicles 23:4I Chronicles 23:5I Chronicles 23:6I Chronicles 23:7I Chronicles 23:8I Chronicles 23:9I Chronicles 23:10I Chronicles 23:11I Chronicles 23:12

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II Chronicles 31:2I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19I Chronicles 28:13I Chronicles 28:21II Chronicles 8:14

(19) And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
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Exodus 12:6Exodus 12:7Exodus 12:8Exodus 12:9Exodus 12:10Exodus 12:11Exodus 12:12Exodus 12:13Exodus 12:14Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 12:17

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Esther 3:7II Chronicles 35:1Exodus 12:18Numbers 9:5Joshua 5:10Ezekiel 45:21

(20) 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.
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II Chronicles 29:34II Chronicles 30:15II Chronicles 30:16II Chronicles 30:17Exodus 12:21II Chronicles 35:11Hebrews 7:27

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Ezekiel 16:53II Chronicles 29:22II Chronicles 30:15II Chronicles 35:1II Chronicles 35:11Mark 14:12

(21) 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,
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Ezra 9:11Numbers 9:6Numbers 9:7Numbers 9:10Numbers 9:11Numbers 9:12Numbers 9:13Numbers 9:14Isaiah 52:11Ezekiel 36:25II Corinthians 6:17II Corinthians 7:1

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Ezekiel 16:53Zephaniah 2:3

(22) 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.
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Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 12:17Exodus 12:18Exodus 12:19Exodus 12:20Exodus 13:6Exodus 13:7II Chronicles 30:21II Chronicles 35:17Matthew 26:17I Corinthians 5:7

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Deuteronomy 16:16II Chronicles 8:13II Kings 15:20II Kings 17:4Genesis 19:3Esther 9:22

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