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In the first year of Cyrus as king of the Persians, so that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished—
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the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of the Persians, and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:
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"Thus says Cyrus king of the Persians: The Lord of Israel, the Lord Most High, has made me king of the world,
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and he has commanded me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judea.
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If any of you, therefore, are of his people, may your Lord be with you; go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judea, and build the house of the Lord of Israel—he is the Lord who dwells in Jerusalem—%0
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and let each of you, wherever you may live, be helped by the people of your place with gold and silver,
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with gifts and with horses and cattle, besides the other things added as votive offerings for the temple of the Lord that is in Jerusalem."