And everyone that remaineth in any place (where he sojourneth) [a]let the men of his place relieve him with silver and with gold, and with substance, and with cattle, [b]and with a willing offering, for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

Then the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the Priests and the Levites rose up, with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up, to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

And all [c]they that were about them, strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with substance and with cattle, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:4 If any through poverty were not able to return, the king’s commission was that he should be furnished with necessaries.
  2. Ezra 1:4 Which they themselves should send toward the reparation of the Temple.
  3. Ezra 1:6 The Babylonians and Chaldeans gave them these presents: thus rather than the children of God should want for their necessities, he would stir up the heart of the very infidels to help them.

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