Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! [a]Go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; (A)He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 1:3 Lit he is to go up

Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them.

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Then we asked those elders and said to them as follows: ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

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We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”(A)

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