8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
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Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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He had begun his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was on him.