Ezra 1:3-5

1:3 Anyone from ¹  his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel – he is the God who is in Jerusalem. 1:4 Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors ²  with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

The Exiles Prepare to Return to Jerusalem

1:5 Then the leaders ³  of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites – all those whose mind God had stirred – got ready ⁴  to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. ⁵ 

Ezra 1:7

1:7 Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord’s temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed ⁶  in the temple of his gods.

[1:3]  ¹ tn Heb “from all.”

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “the men of his place.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Heb “the heads of the fathers.”

[1:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “arose.”

[1:5]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[1:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he gave them.”