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Furthermore, everyone who wishes to repatriate[a] from any territory where he now resides is to receive assistance from his fellow residents in the form of silver, gold, equipment, and pack animals, in addition to voluntary offerings for the Temple of the God of Jerusalem.

In response, the heads of the families[b] of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and descendants of Levi, and all those who had been prompted[c] by God, prepared to travel to rebuild the Temple of the Lord, which was in Jerusalem. So all of their neighbors equipped the travelers[d] with silver, gold, equipment, pack animals, and valuable goods, in addition to voluntary offerings.

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  1. Ezra 1:4 Lit. who remains
  2. Ezra 1:5 Lit. fathers
  3. Ezra 1:5 Lit. all whose spirit had been stirred up
  4. Ezra 1:6 Lit. strengthened their hands