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Then we journeyed from the riverAhava on the twelfth* of the firstmonth to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way.
32
Thus we came to Jerusalem and remainedtherethreedays.
h'v{l.v ~yim'y ~'v b,veN;w ~i'l'v.Wr.y aw{b'N;w
33
On the fourthday the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui.
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The exiles* who had come from the captivityofferedburntofferings to the God of Israel: 12*bulls for allIsrael, 96rams, 77*lambs, 12*malegoats for a sinoffering, all as a burntoffering to the LORD.
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Then they delivered the king'sedicts to the king'ssatraps and to the governors in the provinces beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God.