Opposition to Rebuilding the Temple

When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin(A) heard that the returned exiles[a](B) were building a temple for Yahweh, the God of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:1 Lit the sons of the exile

Temple Dedication and the Passover

16 Then the Israelites, including the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

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19 The exiles(A) observed the Passover(B) on the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 All of the priests and Levites were ceremonially clean, because they had purified themselves. They killed the Passover lamb for themselves, their priestly brothers, and all the exiles.(C)

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They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.

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16 The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men[a] who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent[b] their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:16 1 Esdras 9:16, Syr; MT, Vg read priest and men were selected
  2. Ezra 10:16 Lit name, for

Daniel before the King

13 Then Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah?(A)

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