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ThisEzrawent up from Babylon, and he was a scribeskilled in the law of Moses, which the LORDGod of Israel had given; and the kinggranted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
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Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the templeservantswent up to Jerusalem in the seventhyear of KingArtaxerxes.
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For on the first of the firstmonth he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first of the fifthmonth he came to Jerusalem, because the goodhand of his God was upon him.