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Now in the
first year of
Cyrus king of
Persia, in order to
fulfill the
word of the
LORD by the
mouth of
Jeremiah, the
LORD stirred up the
spirit of
Cyrus king of
Persia, so that he
sent a
proclamation throughout
all his
kingdom, and
also put it in
writing,
saying:
h'wh.y -r;b.D tw{l.kil s;r'P .$,l,m v,rw{k.l t;x;a t;n.vib.W ? v,r{K ;x.Wr -t,a h'wh.y ryi[eh h'y.m.rIy yiPim ? w{t.Wk.l;m -l'k.B lw{q -r,b][;Y;w s;r'P -.k,l,m ? r{mael b'T.kim.B -m;g.w
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"Thus says Cyrus king of
Persia, 'The
LORD, the
God of
heaven, has
given me
all the
kingdoms of the
earth and He has
appointed me to
build Him a
house in
Jerusalem,
which is in
Judah.
#,r'a'h tw{k.l.m;m l{K s;r'P .$,l,m v,r{K r;m'a h{K ? d;q'p -a.Wh.w ~Iy'm'V;h yeh{l/a h'wh.y yil !;t'n ? h'd.WhyiB r,v]a ~i;l'v.WryiB tIy;b w{l -tw{n.bil y;l'[
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'Whoever there is among you of
all His
people, may his
God be with him! Let him
go up to
Jerusalem which is in
Judah and
rebuild the
house of the
LORD, the
God of
Israel; He is the
God who is in
Jerusalem.
w{Mi[ wy'h{l/a yih.y w{M;[ -l'Kim ~,k'b -yim ? tyeB -t,a !,bIy.w h'd.WhyiB r,v]a ~i;l'v.Wryil l;[;y.w ? r,v]a ~yih{l/a'h a.Wh< lea'r.fIy~yhla yeh{l/a h'wh.y ? ~i'l'v.WryiB
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'Every survivor, at
whatever * place he may
live, let the
men of that
place support him with
silver and
gold, with
goods and
cattle,
together with a
freewill offering for the
house of
God which is in
Jerusalem.' "
a.Wh r,v]a tw{m{q.M;h -l'Kim r'a.viN;h -l'k.w ? b'h'z.b.W @,s,k.B w{m{q.m yev.n;a .Wh.Wa.F;n.y ~'v -r'g ? ~yih{l/a'h tyeb.l h'b'd.N;h -mi[ h'meh.bib.W v.Wk.rib.W ? ~i'l'v.WryiB r,v]a
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Then the
heads of
fathers' households of
Judah and
Benjamin and the
priests and the
Levites arose, even
everyone whose
spirit God had
stirred to
go up and
rebuild the
house of the
LORD which is in
Jerusalem.
!im'y.nib.W h'd.Whyil tw{b'a'h yeva'r .Wm.Wq'Y;w ? ~yih{l/a'h ryi[eh l{k.l ~iYiw.l;h.w ~yin]h{K;h.w ? h'wh.y tyeB -t,a tw{n.bil tw{l][;l w{x.Wr -t,a ? ~i'l'v.WryiB r,v]a
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All those
about them
encouraged * them with
articles of
silver, with
gold, with
goods, with
cattle and with
valuables,
aside from
all that was
given as a
freewill offering.
@,s,k -yel.kiB ~,hyedyib .Wq.Zix ~,hyet{byib.s -l'k.w ? d;b.l tw{n'D.giM;b.W h'meh.B;b.W v.Wk.r'B b'h'Z;B ? beD;n.tih -l'K -l;[
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Also
King Cyrus brought out the
articles of the
house of the
LORD,
which Nebuchadnezzar had
carried away from
Jerusalem and
put in the
house of his
gods;
h'wh.y -tyeb yel.K -t,a ayicw{h v,rw{K .$,l,M;h.w ? ~en.TiY;w ~i;l'v.Wryim r;C,n.d;k.Wb.n ayicw{h r,v]a ? wy'h{l/a tyeb.B
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and
Cyrus,
king of
Persia, had them
brought out by the
hand of
Mithredath the
treasurer, and he
counted them out to
Sheshbazzar, the
prince of
Judah.
t'd.r.tim d;y -l;[ s;r'P .$,l,m v,rw{K ]meayicw{Y;w ? h'd.Whyil ayif'N;h r;C;B.vev.l ~er.P.siY;w r'B.ziG;h
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Now
this was their
number:
30 gold dishes,
1,000 silver dishes,
29 * duplicates;
@,s,k -yel.j.r;g]a ~yiv{l.v b'h'z yel.j.r;g]a ~'r'P.sim h,Lea.w ? ~yir.f,[.w h'[.viT ~yip'l]x;m @,l'a
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30 gold bowls,
410 * * silver bowls of a
second kind and
1,000 other articles.
~yin.vim @,s,k yerw{p.K ~yiv{l.v b'h'z yerw{p.K ? @,l'a ~yirex]a ~yileK h'r'f][;w tw{aem [;B.r;a
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All the
articles of
gold and
silver numbered
5,400 * * *.
Sheshbazzar brought them
all up with the
exiles who
went up from
Babylon to
Jerusalem.
~yip'l]a t,vem]x @,s,K;l.w b'h'Z;l ~yileK -l'K ? tw{l'[eh ~i[ r;C;B.vev h'l/[,h l{K;h tw{aem [;B.r;a.w ? ~i'l'v.Wryil l,b'Bim h'lw{G;h